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Word Meanings - BRUSHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.

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  • ROUGHING-IN
    The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
  • ROUGHEN
    To grow or become rough.
  • ROUGHT
    imp. of Reach.
  • ROUGHHEWN
    1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
  • ROUGHLEG
    Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
  • ROUGHINGS
    Rowen.
  • ROUGHSHOD
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
  • ROUGHCAST
    1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.
  • BRUSHWOOD
    1. Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs. 2. Small branches of trees cut off.
  • ROUGHTAIL
    Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
  • ROUGHSTRINGS
    Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
  • ROUGH-FOOTED
    Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood.
  • ROUGH-LEGGED
    Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. See Roughleg.
  • BRUSHITE
    A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
  • ROUGH-GRAINED
    Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
  • ROUGHWORK
    To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon.
  • ROUGHHEAD
    The redfin.
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • BRUSHER
    One who, or that which, brushes.
  • ROUGHWROUGHT
    Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
  • TOOTHBRUSH
    A brush for cleaning the teeth.
  • SAGEBRUSH STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname.
  • HIGH-WROUGHT
    1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
  • THOROUGHWORT
    See BONESET
  • HAIRBRUSH
    A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
  • THOROUGH BASS
    The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
  • DROUGHTY
    1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.
  • SAGEBRUSH
    A low irregular shrub , of the order Compositæ, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.
  • UNDERBRUSH
    Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
  • BROUGHAM
    A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

 

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