- present participle of roughen.
Example Sentences
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Roughening their crests and scattering high their spray, And swelling the white sail.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
Roughening the surface of the negative plate, which renders the escape of the hydrogen gas easier.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.