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 rough·cast /ˈrʌfˌkæst, ||ˈkæst/
 (vt.)塗粗灰泥于,擬訂…大綱粗灰泥,毛坯(a.)塗粗灰泥的,草草做成的

 Rough·cast v. t.
 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
 2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
 3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.

 Rough·cast, n.
 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
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 roughcast
      n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
      2: a rough preliminary model
      v 1: shape roughly
      2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"
      3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone
         or timber" [syn: rough-hew]