Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rusting"
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)
rusting
n : the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by
low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water [syn:
{rust}]
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