Rougher

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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."
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        (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.
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                  More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet.
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        (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; --
            said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough
            coat. "A visage rough." --Dryden. "Roughsatyrs."
            --Milton.
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     2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or
        polish. Specifically:
        (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a
            rough temper.
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                  A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. --Shak.
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                  A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
                                                    --Prior.
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        (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough
            measures or actions.
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                  On the rough edge of battle.      --Milton.
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                  A quicker and rougher remedy.     --Clarendon.
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                  Kind words prevent a good deal of that
                  perverseness which rough and imperious usage
                  often produces.                   --Locke.
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        (c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating;
            -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough
            tone; rough numbers. --Pope.
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        (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
        (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a
            rough day.
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                  He stayeth his rough wind.        --Isa. xxvii.
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                  Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
                                                    --Shak.
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        (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish;
            incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
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     {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.
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        (b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory."
            --Tylor.
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