RUSTIER

RUSTY

rust, rusty, rust-brown

(adjective) of the brown color of rust

hoary, rusty

(adjective) ancient; “hoary jokes”

rusty

(adjective) covered with or consisting of rust; “a rusty machine”; “rusty deposits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

rustier

comparative form of rusty

Source: Wiktionary


RUSTY

Rust"y, a. Etym: [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 rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.

7. (Bot.)

Definition: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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