rough finished stone

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• Stone carving — is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.Work… …   Wikipedia

• Stone sculpture — is the result of forming 3 dimensional visually interesting objects from stone.Carving stone into sculpture is an activity older than civilization itself. Prehistoric sculptures were usually human forms, such as the Venus of Willendorf and the… …   Wikipedia

• Rough Crossing — is a 1985 comedic play by British playwright Tom Stoppard, freely adapted from Ferenc Molnar s Play at the Castle . [Stoppard, Tom. Rough Crossing . New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1988.] Set onboard the S.S. Italian Castle , it follows world… …   Wikipedia

• rough (something) out — 1. to make a first plan for an activity. Tyler started to rough out a list of schools she might want to attend. 2. to create something in its approximate, but not finished, form. We watched as a carver began to work on the block of stone,… …   New idioms dictionary

• rough — rough1 [ rʌf ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not smooth ▸ 2 difficult ▸ 3 not gentle ▸ 4 not finished/exact ▸ 5 with crime/violence ▸ 6 voice: not soft ▸ 7 not feeling well ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) with a surface that is not smooth: The walls were built of dark… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rough — I UK [rʌf] / US adjective Word forms rough : adjective rough comparative rougher superlative roughest *** 1) with a surface that is not smooth The walls were built of dark rough stone. Hessian provides warm colour and a rough homespun texture. a) …   English dictionary

• Stone tool — A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made of stone. Although stone tool dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer exist.The study of stone tools is often called… …   Wikipedia

• Stone, Staffordshire — infobox UK place country = England official name= Stone latitude= 52.9 longitude= 2.15 population = 14,258 (2001 census) shire district= Stafford shire county= Staffordshire region= West Midlands constituency westminster= Stone post town= Stone… …   Wikipedia

• rough*/*/ — [rʌf] adj I 1) with a surface that is not smooth The walls were built of dark rough stone.[/ex] a rough dirt track[/ex] strong winds and rough seas[/ex] 2) informal difficult and full of problems I ve had a really rough day at the office.[/ex] 3) …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• rough — adjective 1》 having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level. 2》 not gentle; violent or boisterous: rough treatment.     ↘(of weather or the sea) wild and stormy. 3》 not finished tidily; plain and basic.     ↘unsophisticated or… …   English new terms dictionary

• rough-hewn — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Rough hewn wood or stone has been cut into a shape but has not yet been smoothed or finished off. It is a rough hewn carving of a cat s head …   English dictionary