Of close tenacious substance or texture; strongly cohesive, so as to be pliable or ductile; not easily broken, divided, or disintegrated; not…

Rough, coarse, as e.g. food. Obsolete.

Of food: coarse, heavy, filling; difficult to digest, cloying. Also in figurative contexts. Now rare.

Of food: unpleasant, esp. because coarse or rotten (cf. sense 3). Of diet or consumption: consisting or made up of coarse or unpleasant…

Of food: coarse, unrefined. Of accommodation, facilities: basic; lacking comfort or refinement.

Rough, harsh, or rude, to the taste, perception, or æsthetic sense. (In early use coming near to 1.) of material things; esp. of diet or ‘fare’.

Of food: Coarse. Obsolete.

tough as (old) bootsor leather. Frequently figurative, implying sense A. 4.