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ROUGHEN [3 records]

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Record 1 1999-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

to dress (stone or concrete) with a bushhammer.

Key term(s)
  • roughen
  • roughen a surface

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Travailler la pierre ou le ciment à l'aide d'une boucharde.

OBS

Boucharde : Marteau de tailleur de pierre, à deux têtes carrées couvertes de petites pyramides, ou pointes-de-diamant (dont le nombre varie de 9 à 64).

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

To lute, or join, two clay surfaces, apply crisscross indentations and water on a narrow space where each clay area joins another, then press to mate.

CONT

... the contact surfaces are roughened or scored and joined together with a little water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
DEF

[...] faire des stries profondes avec la pointe du couteau ou avec la fourchette [...] sur la circonférence, à l'endroit où va être collé le colombin.

OBS

[...] à l'aide d'un ébauchoir, ou d'une fourchette, faites de petites entailles sur tout le pourtour [...]

OBS

Ce procédé est utilisé pour l'assemblage des pièces, peu importe la technique de modelage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inspection of Surfaces (Materials Engineering)
DEF

To make (something) rough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle des états de surface des matériaux
DEF

Donner à un matériau une surface rugueuse .

Spanish

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