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rough-sawn
[ ruhf-sawn ]
/ ËrÊfËsÉn /
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adjective
(of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
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Origin of rough-sawn
First recorded in 1885â90
Words nearby rough-sawn
rough out, rough passage, rough puff pastry, roughrider, Rough Riders, rough-sawn, roughshod, rough sleeper, rough spin, rough-spoken, rough stuff
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