| burroughs | (n) United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997), Syn. William Seward Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Burroughs |
| burroughs | (n) United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898), Syn. William Seward Burroughs |
| burroughs | (n) United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950), Syn. Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| ride roughshod | (v) treat inconsiderately or harshly, Syn. run roughshod |
| roughshod | (adj) (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping |
| barbarous | (adj) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering, Syn. cruel, roughshod, fell, brutal, savage, vicious, Example: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks |
| heavy-handed | (adj) unjustly domineering, Syn. roughshod, Example: incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies; a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition |
| Roughscuff | n. [ Rough + scuff. ] A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Roughsetter | n. A mason who builds rough stonework. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Roughshod | a. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Roughstrings | n. pl. (Capr.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Thoroughsped | a. Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Thoroughstitch | adv. So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] |
