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English
Etymology
From rough + work.
Verb
roughwork (third-person singular simple present roughworks, present participle roughworking, simple past and past participle roughworked)
- (dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
1677–1683, 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 1678–1683, →OCLC:we will not suppose that the Grooves are of an equal depth with the Rough-working of the Gouge
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