roughwork

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English

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Etymology

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From rough +‎ work.

Verb

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roughwork (third-person singular simple present roughworks, present participle roughworking, simple past and past participle roughworked)

  1. (dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
    • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:
      we will not suppose that the Grooves are of an equal depth with the Rough-working of the Gouge

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