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Definition of Coarser
1. coarse [adj] - See also: coarse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarser
Literary usage of Coarser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology by William James (1892)
"The feeling, in the coarser emotions, results from the bodily expression.
Our natural way of thinking about these coarser emotions is that the mental ..."
2. The Psychological Principles of Education: A Study in the Science of Education by Herman Harrell Horne (1908)
"CHAPTER XVIII CONTROLLING THE coarser EMOTIONS AFTER the elementary come the
complex feelings, and the first class of the complex feelings we found to be ..."
3. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1878)
"It should be commenced by noting the coarser physical characters, such as the
colour, ... The coarser physical examination gives few indications of value, ..."
4. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"... frame on 30s yarn would spin about the same amount, and, if the yarn were
coarser, more. This amount of yarn is spun now for one and one-tenth cents per ..."
5. Troy and Its Remains: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the by Heinrich Schliemann (1875)
"The third stratum: the remains of an Aryan race—Hardly a trace of metal — Structure
of their houses — Their stone implements and terra-cottas coarser ..."
6. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... supposed to be unattainable by the coarser sex! And I have put the little key
to my chain and shall wear it there till I return. ..."
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