Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ROUGH-HEWN

ROUGH-HEWN, participle passive or a ruf'-hewn.1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing.2. Rugged; unpolished; of coarse manners; rude.A rough-hewn seaman.3. Unpolished; not nicely fin...

2918

ROUGH-SHOD

ROUGH-SHOD, adjective ruf'-shod. Shod with shoes armed with points; as a rough-shod horse. [This word is not generally used in America. In New England, instead of rough-shod cal...

2919

ROUGH-WORK

ROUGH-WORK, verb transitive ruf'-work. [rough and work.]To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness or finish.

2920

ROUGH-WROUGHT

ROUGH-WROUGHT, adjective ruf'-raut. Wrought or done coarsely.

2921

ROUGHEN

ROUGHEN, verb intransitive ruf'n. [from rough.] To make rough.ROUGHEN, verb intransitive ruf'n. To grow or become rough.

2922

ROUGHINGS

ROUGHINGS, noun ruf'ings. Grass after mowing or reaping. [Local.]

2923

ROUGHLY

ROUGHLY, adverb ruf'ly.1. With uneven surface; with asperities on the surface.2. Harshly; uncivilly; rudely; as, to be treated roughly3. Severely; without tenderness; as, to bla...

2924

ROUGHNESS

ROUGHNESS, noun ruf'ness.1. Unevenness of surface, occasioned by small prominences; asperity of surface; as the roughness of a board, of a floor, or of a rock.2. Austereness to ...

2925

ROUGHT

ROUGHT, for raught; preterit tense of reach. obsolete

2926

ROULEAU

ROULEAU, noun roolo'. A little roll; a roll of guineas in paper.

2927

ROUN

ROUN, verb intransitive To whisper. obsoleteROUN, verb transitive To address in a whisper. obsolete

2928

ROUNCE

ROUNCE, noun rouns'. The handle of a printing press.

2929

ROUNCEVAL

ROUN'CEVAL, noun A variety of pea, so called.

2930

ROUND

ROUND, adjective1. Cylindrical; circular; spherical or globular. round is applicable to a cylinder as well as to a globe or sphere. We say, the barrel of a musket is round; a ba...

2931

ROUNDABOUT

ROUND'ABOUT, adjective [round and about.]1. Indirect; going round; loose.Paraphrase is a roundabout way of translating.2. Ample; extensive; as roundabout sense.3. Encircling; en...

2932

ROUNDEL

ROUND'EL,ROUND'ELAY,ROUND'ER, noun [See Rondure.] Circumference; inclosure. [Not in use.]

2933

ROUNDELAY

ROUND'ELAY,

2934

ROUNDER

ROUND'ER, n. [See Rondure.] Circumference; inclosure. [Not in use.]

2935

ROUNDHEAD

ROUND'HEAD, noun [round and head.] A name formerly given to a puritan, from the practice which prevailed among the puritans of cropping the hair round.

2936

ROUNDHEADED

ROUND'HEADED, adjective Having a round head or top.

2937

ROUNDHOUSE

ROUND'HOUSE, noun1. A constable's prison; the prison to secure persons taken up by the night-watch, till they can be examined by a magistrate.2. In a ship of war, a certain nece...

2938

ROUNDING

ROUND'ING, participle present tense1. Making round or circular.2. Making full, flowing and smooth.ROUND'ING, adjective Round or roundish; nearly round.ROUND'ING, noun Among seam...

2939

ROUNDISH

ROUND'ISH, adjective Somewhat round; nearly round; as a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

2940

ROUNDISHNESS

ROUND'ISHNESS, noun The state of being roundish.

2941

ROUNDLET

ROUND'LET, noun A little circle.

2942

ROUNDLY

ROUND'LY, adverb1. In a round form or manner.2. Openly; boldly; without reserve; peremptorily.He affirms every thing roundly3. Plainly; fully. He gives them roundly to understan...

2943

ROUNDNESS

ROUND'NESS, noun1. The quality of being round, circular, spherical, globular or cylindrical; circularity; sphericity; cylindrical form; rotundity; as the roundness of the globe,...