roughcasting
present participle of roughcast
Source: Wiktionary
Rough`cast", v. t.
1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. Dryden.
2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
Rough"cast`, n.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
