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:

• 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• But on my repeating my demand I heard a rusty bolt withdrawn, and Madame de Bruhl, opening the door, a few inches, showed her face in the gap.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