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; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.

To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.

The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.

A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] Bacon.

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.

A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]

Same as Flashboard.

A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as:

One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. Garboard strake or streak, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Totten.

To squint; to stare. [Obs.]

Same as lst Gore.

Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.