roughdraw

present singular third person roughdraws · participle present roughdrawing · past roughdrew · participle past roughdrawn

1. alternativeAlternative form of rough-draw.

   I had roughdrawn a letter, to be laid Before the King, detailing these excesses, Which, now that all's forgiven, I will burn.

   1857, Robert Story, The Poetical Works of Robert Story, page 236

   3 more examples

   At the beginning of the civil war, as the Prince passed through Cambridge in his way to York, he was entertained with the representation of the “ Guardian,” a comedy, which Cowley says was neither written nor acted, but roughdrawn by him, and repeated by the scholars.

   1779, Samuel Johnson, Prefaces to Cowley and Waller, page 9

   Fancy roughdraws, but judgment smooths and finishes; nay, judgment does in deed comprehend wit, for no man can have that who has not wit.

   1987, Edward A. Watson, A study of selected English critical terms from 1650 to 1800

   In order to fulfil these requisites it will be tried to roughdraw a methodology able to model and simulate kinetic-electronic systems using Artificial Intelligence techniques and its benefits.

   1989, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, MELECON '89, page 135