About The Word Rusty
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Rusty
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What's The Definition Of Rusty?
[adj] of the color of rust
[adj] ancient; "hoary jokes" [adj] covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits" [adj] impaired in skill by neglect Synonyms | Synonyms for Rusty: chromatic | hoary | old | out of practice(p) | rust | rusted | unskilled Related Terms | Find terms related to Rusty: See Also | Rusty In Webster's Dictionary \Rust"y\, a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. {Rustier}; superl.
{Rustiest.}]
1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword;
rusty wheat.
2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty
grown. --Shak.
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
4. 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.
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