'Rustiest' definitions:
Definition of 'Rustiest'
From: GCIDE
- Rusty \Rust"y\, a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier; superl. Rustiest.]
- 1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [1913 Webster]
- [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. [1913 Webster]
- The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. [1913 Webster]