Rustier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rusty \Rust"y\, a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. {Rustier}; superl.
     {Rustiest.}]
     1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword;
        rusty wheat.
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     2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
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              [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce,
              Is rusty grown.                       --Shak.
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     3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
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     4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty
        words." --Piers Plowman.
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     5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." --Spenser.
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     6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
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              The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from
              the British provinces.                --Hawthorne.
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     7. (Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling,
        rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rusty
       adj 1: covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine";
              "rusty deposits"
       2: of the color of rust [syn: {rust}]
       3: impaired in skill by neglect [syn: {out of practice(p)}]
       4: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: {hoary}]
       [also: {rustiest}, {rustier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rustier
       See {rusty}