rough ings (rufingz)

pl. [ roughly (ruf'li), adv. 1. In a rough manner; with physical roughne or coarsene ; without smoothne or finish; in an uneven or irregular manner as to surface or execution. A portrait of a stern old man, in a Puritan garb, painted roughly , but with a bold effect and a remarkably strong expre ion of character. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xiii. 2. With asperity of manner or effect; coarsely; harshly; gruffly; rudely; gratingly; austerely. Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them, but... spake roughly unto them. Gen. xlii. 7. 3. Without precision or exactne ; approximately; in a general way. Six miles, speaking roughly , are 30,000 feet. Huxley , Amer. Addre es, p. 35. rough-necked (ruf'nekt), a . Having the neck rough: as, the rough - necked jacare, Jacare hirti coll is , of South America. roughne (ruf'nes), n. [ roughnes , rownes ; rough1 + -ne .] 1. The state or property of being rough, in any sense of that word; physical, mental, or moral want of smoothne or equability; asperity, coarsene , harshne , rudene , etc. This is some fellow Who, having been praised for bluntne , doth affect A saucy roughne . Shak ., Lear, ii. 2. 103. Divers plants contain a grateful sharpne , as lemons; or an austere and in concocted roughne , as sloes. Sir T. Browne . The roughne of a surface, as that of a piece of undre ed stone, may be recognized to some extent by merely laying the outspread hand on the surface. J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 168. 2. Fodder for animals, consisting of dried cornstalks cut into short pieces. [Southern and western U. S.] She slipped off her horse, pulled the saddle from him, and threw it inside the door, then turned the animal loose. "Ef he gits ter thur roughne , I shan't blame him no an," she remarked. On a North Carolina Mountain, N. Y. Tribune, Oct. 28, 1888. = Syn. See rough1. rough-perfect (ruf'pėr"fekt), a. Approximately perfect in the memorizing of a part: said of an actor when he can begin rehearsing from memory. [Theatrical slang.]