rusty

Definitions

1. 1.Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.
2. 2.Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
3. 3.Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman.
4. 4.Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.
5. 5.Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.
6. 6.(Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak called?
• What is discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon called?
• What is surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman called?
• What is rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser called?
• What is discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne called?
• What is resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous called?