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rough
  1. The unmowed part of a golf course.
  2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
  3. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
  4. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
  5. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
  6. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
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    1. “Two teams of roughs, clothed in only their union-suits, would attempt to wrest the boar-skin from each other's possession.”
      “I have come up with a rough to determine the scale required for the lettering.”
roughsetter
  1. A mason who builds rough stonework.
roughness
  1. The property of being rough, coarseness.
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    1. “However, in most cases, the roughness of the surface has been too high to give accurate results.”
      “The roughness of her words and manner grated so painfully upon Mabel's overcharged feelings.”
      “Besides, the roughness of his demeanor and his apparent cruelty tend to set the tenderness and gentle sympathy of his daughter in a more engaging light.”
roughhouse
roughie
  1. Alternative form of roughy
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    1. “Orange roughie live 130 years and these things are completing their life cycle in a year.”
      “But for my having him in my arms, he would have made an end of roughie, and certainly I would never have told this story.”
      “Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at roughie in my arms.”
roughishness
  1. Slight roughness.
roughy
  1. A fish in family Trachichthyidae
    1. The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
    2. (Australia) Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
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    1. “The fisherman proudly displayed his catch of a delicious roughy, a redfish known for its reddish appearance and slimy skin.”
      “For example, Drazen said, orange roughy can live for up to 125 years, rockfish up to 100 years, and rattail fish about 70 years.”
      “For protein, turkey breast, orange roughy, top round steak and shrimp are fine.”
roughies
roughsetters
  1. plural of roughsetter
roughnesses
roughs
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