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ˈrougher|ˈrʌfə(r)|
[f. rough v. or a. + -er.]
1. A workman who makes something in the rough; one who carries out the less finished operations of a work.
1885Census Instruct. Index. a1890E. L. Wilson Quarter Century in Photogr. 35 (Cent.), When the glass [for a lens] is handed to the rougher, it is round in shape. 1893Labour Comm. Gloss., Roughers, the workers in the iron industry employed at the ‘rolls’.
2. Weaving. A piece of cloth taken from the loom and ready for perching.
1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 661/2 Woollen cloth from the loom, called ‘roughers’, has an irregular, slack aspect.
3. A board studded with steel spikes or teeth for heckling flax. Cf. ruffer2.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 665/1 The heckler..dashes the fibre into the teeth or needles of the rougher or ‘ruffer’ heckle. The rougher is a board plated with tin [etc.].
4. colloq. A rough-rider.
1901Daily Express 28 Aug. 6/6 Lord Maitland..served at the Cape as adjutant of the prototype ‘Roughers’. |