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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rough \Rough\, a. [Compar. {Rougher}; superl. {Roughest}.] [OE. rou?, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r?h; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r?h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. [root] 18. Cf. {Rug}, n.] 1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. Specifically: (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough, uneven ways." --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. (c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water. [1913 Webster] More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat. "A visage rough." --Dryden. "Roughsatyrs." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. Specifically: (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. [1913 Webster] A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. --Prior. [1913 Webster] (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions. [1913 Webster] On the rough edge of battle. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A quicker and rougher remedy. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces. --Locke. [1913 Webster] (c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day. [1913 Webster] He stayeth his rough wind. --Isa. xxvii. 8. [1913 Webster] Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught. [1913 Webster] {Rough diamond}, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. {Rough and ready}. (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding." --Lowell. [1913 Webster] (b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory." --Tylor. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rough \Rough\, v. t. 1. To render rough; to roughen. [1913 Webster] 2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. --Crabb. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. [1913 Webster] {Roughing rolls}, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars. {To rough it}, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rough \Rough\, n. 1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] --Fletcher. [1913 Webster] 2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. [1913 Webster] {In the rough}, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. [1913 Webster] Contemplating the people in the rough. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rough \Rough\, adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. [1913 Webster] Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: rough adv 1: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" [syn: {roughly}, {rough}] 2: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn: {roughly}, {rough}] adj 1: having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" [syn: {rough}, {unsmooth}] [ant: {smooth}] 2: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" 3: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: {approximate}, {approximative}, {rough}] 4: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" [syn: {rocky}, {rough}] 5: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: {boisterous}, {fierce}, {rough}] 6: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy}, {rough}, {scratchy}] 7: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" [syn: {pugnacious}, {rough}] 8: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped [ant: {smooth}] 9: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" [syn: {rough}, {rocky}, {bumpy}, {jolty}, {jolting}, {jumpy}] [ant: {smooth}] 10: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" [syn: {uncut}, {rough}] [ant: {cut}] 11: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" [syn: {crude}, {rough}] 12: not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" 13: unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn: {harsh}, {rough}] 14: unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" [syn: {harsh}, {rough}] n 1: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short v 1: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: {rough in}, {rough}, {rough out}]