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单词 rowcast
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rowcastv.

Brit. /ˈraʊkɑːst/, /ˈraʊkast/, U.S. /ˈraʊˌkæst/
Forms: see row adv. and cast v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row adv., cast v.
Etymology: < row adv. + cast v. Compare roughcast adj. and later roughcast v.
English regional (chiefly south-western). Now rare.
transitive. = roughcast v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster > with specific material
daub1382
cloamc1460
rowcast1500
clay?1523
dab1577
roughcast1584
cloom1609
chunam1687
sparkle1805
harl1806
slub1823
1500–1 Churchwardens' Accts.: Ashburton, Devon in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 46 Item for lyme to the stepell when he was rowcaste.
a1517 Merton Coll. Doc. (MS.) Shall Rovcaste and pargett all the Stone walls.
1580–1 H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. S. Edmund & S. Thomas Sarum (1896) 292 Qr of lime & 1½ day to two laborers to Rowcast the estsyde of the chansyll' 5s. 4d.
1746 Exmoor Scolding ii, in Gentleman's Mag. July 354/2 More an zo, thee wut rowcast, nif et be tha own veather.
1771 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 7) Gloss. 51 To Rowcast (i.e. to rough-cast), to throw Dirt that will stick.
1986 J. Downes Dict. Devon Dial. Rowcast, rough-cast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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