01 a. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
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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.” — Shak.
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Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
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Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Rust-colored; dark.
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Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.“The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces.” — Hawthorne.
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Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.(Bot.)