Rusty /(?)/
Rust·y
Rusty
a.
- Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
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Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown.
- Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
- Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
- Rust-colored; dark.
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Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces.
- Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. (Bot.)