单词 | rowcast |
释义 | rowcastv. English regional (chiefly south-western). Now rare. transitive. = roughcast v. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1500 |
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