A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COARSE

Sun, 14 Apr '24
Not fine
Thu, 11 Apr '24
Like stubble
Wed, 6 Dec '23
Having a rough texture
Wed, 1 Nov '23
Rough
Wed, 15 Sep '21
Roughly speaking?
Thu, 25 Mar '21
Like horsehair