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ROUGH, a. L. raucus. Eng. rye, that is rough. L. ruga, a wrinkle. Gr. to snore. L. ruga, a wrinkle, a ridge. See Ridge. The primary sense is to stretch or strain but applied to roughness or wrinkling, it is to draw or contract, a straining together.

1. Having inequalities, small ridges or points on the surface not smooth or plane as a rough board, a rough stone rough cloth.

2. Stony abounding with stones and stumps as rough land or simply with stones as a rough road.

3. Not wrought or polished as a rough diamond.

4. Thrown into huge waves violently agitated as a rough sea.

5. Tempestuous stormy boisterous as rough weather.

6. Austere to the taste harsh as rough wine.

7. Harsh to the ear grating jarring unharmonious as rough sounds rough numbers.

8. Rugged of temper severe austere rude not mild or courteous.

A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough.

9. Coarse in manners rude.

A surly boatman, rough as seas and wind.

10. Harsh violent not easy as a rough remedy.

11. Hard featured not delicate as a rough visage.

12. Harsh severe uncivil as rough usage.

13. Terrible dreadful.

On the rough edge of battle, ere it join'd, Satan advanc'd.

14. Rugged disordered in appearance coarse.

Rough from the tossing surge Ulysses moves.

15. Hairy shaggy covered with hairs, bristles and the like.