transferred. To give a serrated appearance to; formerly sometimes, to roughen, render prickly.

transitive. To make rough; to bring into a rough state; to create in a rough form. Also with off, up.

transitive. To rumple (a brow); to furrow, make no longer smooth.

transitive. To deprive of smoothness; to ruffle.

To make rough or uneven in surface, rugged or harsh in sound, manner, etc.

transitive. To raise in granules or small asperities; to roughen the surface of.

transitive. To turn, pull, scrape, or rub up so as to make rough. Also figurative.

transitive. To make rough, roughen; (also) to ruffle (hair, feathers, etc.).

transitive. To roughen, raise, or abrade (a surface), as by rubbing or grazing. Obsolete.

To roughen, as by concussion or impact.

transitive. To cause to ‘crizzle’; to roughen or crumple the surface of.

To ruffle violently, exasperate.

To give a granular surface to. Cf. grain, n.1 12, and grainer, n.1 3.