Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROUGH-CAST, v.t. [ruf'-cast. rough and cast.]

1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction and polish. Dryden.
2. To mold without nicety or elegance, or to form with asperities. Cleaveland.
3. To cover with a mixture of plaster and shells or pebbles; as, to rough-cast a building.