Rough \Rough\, n.

1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.]

--Fletcher.

2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough.

Contemplating the people in the rough. --Mrs. Browning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)