roughened

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Roughened and worn with ceaseless toil and care,   No perfumed grace, no dainty skill, had these!

From Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

I can't forget a woman's hand, Roughened and scarred by toil That beckoned clear-eyed children tanned By sun and wind and soil.

From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by Braithwaite, William Stanley

Roughened metal blocks do not become grounded as readily as do carbon blocks.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster