Results for rusty
Definitions of rusty:
part of speech: adjective
Covered with rust: impaired by inactivity: dull.
part of speech: adjective
Covered with rust or extraneous matter; surly; having a rusty appearance and rancid favour, as bacon; impaired by inaction or neglct of use; rough.
part of speech: noun
Rustiness.
Usage examples for rusty:
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A heap of rusty brown sapin in a corner, covered with a torn blanket, represented a bed- possibly the one in which the trapper had died.
"Northern Diamonds", Frank Lillie Pollock -
But on my repeating my demand I heard a rusty bolt withdrawn, and Madame de Bruhl, opening the door, a few inches, showed her face in the gap.
"Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman -
Pushing out a dark, rusty steel hook over which swung a ragged coat- sleeve, he displayed the stump of a short arm.
"From the Valley of the Missing", Grace Miller White -
He remained idly leaning over the bar in Rusty Brown's place, and gave no heed.
"The Happy Family", Bertha Muzzy Bower