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.
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.
