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Webster 1913 Edition
Rusty
Rust′y
,Adj.
[AS.
rustig
.] [
Com
par.
Rustier
; sup
erl.
Rustiest.
] 1.
Covered or affected with rust;
as, a
. rusty
knife or sword; rusty
wheat2.
Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce,
Is
Is
rusty
grown. Shakespeare
3.
Discolored and rancid; reasty;
as,
. rusty
bacon4.
Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
“Rusty words.” Piers Plowman.
5.
Rust-colored; dark.
“Rusty blood.” Spenser.
6.
Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
The
rusty
little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces. Hawthorne.
7.
(Bot.)
Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rusty
RUST'Y
, a.1.
Covered or affected with rust; as a rusty knife or sword.2.
Dull; impaired by inaction or neglect of use.3.
Surly; morose.4.
Covered with foul or extraneous matter.