Roughcast

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.
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.

Noun	1.	roughcast - a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
	2.	roughcast - a rough preliminary model
Verb	1.	roughcast - shape roughly
	2.	roughcast - apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"
	3.	roughcast - hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" Synonyms: rough-hew

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