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coarser
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coarse \Coarse\ (k[=o]rs), a. [Compar. Coarser (k[=o]rs"[~e]r); superl. Coarsest.] [As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. g., ``Though the threads be course.'' --Gascoigne. See Course.]
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
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Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded.
--Shak.To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions.
--Dryden.Syn: Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: coarse)
Usage examples of "coarser".
THE MOUSE Theodoric Voler had been brought up, from infancy to the confines of middle age, by a fond mother whose chief solicitude had been to keep him screened from what she called the coarser realities of life.
When she died she left Theodoric alone in a world that was as real as ever, and a good deal coarser than he considered it had any need to be.
Without being actually afraid of mice, Theodoric classed them among the coarser incidents of life, and considered that Providence, with a little exercise of moral courage, might long ago have recognised that they were not indispensable, and have withdrawn them from circulation.
In this case the hair is usually coarser and the tail thicker than in the ordinary cat.
The best white cats have a yellowish white tint instead of grayish white, as the latter have a coarser quality of fur.
The halls and passages of the castle were already permeated with rich and unctuous smells, and a delicate nose might have picked out and arranged, by their finer or coarser vapors, the dishes preparing for the upper and lower tables.
Our business, however, is only with the principal personages, so we will allow the common crowd quietly to mount to the galleries and satisfy their senses with the coarser viands, while their imagination is stimulated by the sight of the splendor and luxury below.
The coarser tissues cannot answer to the short vibrations of the upper tones, because they cannot move so quickly, while they can, and do, respond to the vibrations of the low tones.
With all tones focused alike, the low tones of the human organ may be regarded as head tones plus the vibrations of the coarser tissues.
Then part her back hair carefully and you will see one hair that is coarser than the others and as red as blood.
One series of the cords is fine and well twisted, the other coarser and very slightly twisted.
Christian was rambling among the sandhills with his greyhound Luke--an English dog, with a cross of the coarser Irish breed.
The coarser stones, however, either remain at the foot of the cliff until they are beaten to pieces, or are driven along the shore until they find some embayment into which they enter.
The coarser part of this material, including much pumice, fell upon the seas in the vicinity, where, owing to its lightness, it was free to drift in the marine currents far and wide throughout the oceanic realm.
In many regions, particularly in those occupied by glacial drift, and pebbly alluvium along the rivers, the effect of this action, like that of earthworms, is to bring to the surface the finer materials, leaving the coarser pebbles in the depths.