Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rusted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.]
1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

If gold ruste, what shall iron do? --Chaucer.

Our armors now may rust. --Dryden.

2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;
also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.

3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or
impaired by inaction.

Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and
be the chief of Greece? --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

rusted
adj : having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges" [ant: {rustless}]

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