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▪ I. ˈrusting, vbl. n.
[f. rust v.1 + -ing1.]
The fact or process of developing rust or of becoming rusty: a. Of metals.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxii. (Bodl. MS.), Clene oile kepiþ briȝt yren fro rustinge. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 210 Great diffrence betweene rubbyng and rustyng. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. viii. xxiv. In an iron grave Himself protects his god [gold] from noysome rusting. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 494 The rusting of Iron, in such houses as front the Sea. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Printing, They rub it over with Oil of Olives, to prevent its rusting. 1792W. H. Marshall W. England (1796) II. 320 These fractures are occasioned by the rusting of the iron. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 182 These parts are all made of copper, to withstand rusting from the water. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 75 The air must be..connected with the phenomenon of rusting.
fig.1597in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 41, I have been enforced this day to scour up my old Latin that hath lain long in rusting. 1887M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike vii, ‘Do you call this rusting,’ he asked tenderly.
b. Of grain.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxv. (Bodl. MS.), Barlich..is ripe & igadered ere corupcionne oþer rostinge falle vpon whete. 1674J. Flavel Husbandry Sp. xiii. 118 Sad relapses like blasts and rustings do often fade it, when it's even ready for the harvest.
▪ II. ˈrusting, ppl. a.
[f. rust v.1 + -ing2.]
1. Causing rust. In quot. fig.
1749Chesterfield Lett. (1792) II. 167 Sottish drinking,..rusting sports, such as fox-chases, horse-races, &c.
2. Becoming rusty, developing rust.
1884Harper's Mag. Oct. 754/2 The long grass..hides their rusting forms. 1888Pall Mall G. 7 May 5/2 The degenerate cattle-lifters..still nurse their rusting swords in their arms. |