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roughworking

roughworking is the present participle and gerund of roughwork.

Meaning of roughwork

Verb

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.
    • we will not suppose that the Grooves are of an equal depth with the Rough-working of the Gouge1677–1683, 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...

Questions about roughworking

What is roughworking the present participle and gerund of?
Roughworking is the present participle and gerund of roughwork.

Words near roughworking in the dictionary

  1. Roughts
  2. roughwing
  3. roughwings
  4. roughwork
  5. roughworked
  6. roughworking
  7. roughworks
  8. roughy
  9. rouging
  10. Rouillard
  11. Rouillards

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