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roughworks

roughworks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 roughworks

What is roughworks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Roughworks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roughwork.

Words near roughworks in the dictionary

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

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