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ROUGH See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

CAST (the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French See also:
EQUIVALENT
equivalent is crepis) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the exterior coating originally given to the walls of See also:

COMMON

common dwellings and outbuildings, but now frequently employed for decorative effect on See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country houses, especially those built in See also:

HALF

half See also:

TIMBER

timber. It is a See also:

composition of small See also:

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel and See also:

sand, mixed with strong See also:

lime See also:

MORTAR

mortar, and is thrown on the walls already covered with two See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary coats of See also:

PLASTER

plaster. Variety can be obtained on the See also:

SURFACE

surface of the See also:

wall by small pebbles of different See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, and in the Tudor See also:

period fragments of See also:

glass were sometimes embedded. The central See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of St See also:

ALBAN, SAINT

Alban's See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, built with See also:

ROMAN

Roman tiles from Verulam, was covered with rough cast believed to be coeval with the See also:

BUILDING

building. The rough cast was removed about 187o.

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