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1. 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.

2. 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.

Coarse"-grained` (kōrs"grānd`),
a. Having a coarse grain or texture, as
wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Coarse"ly, adv. In a coarse
manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly;
meanly.

Coars"en (kōrs"'n), v. t.
To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's
character. [R.] Graham.

Coarse"ness (kōrs"n&ebreve;s),
n.


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