rustedadj.
/ˈrʌstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrəstᵻd/ 1. Corroded, covered, or marked with rust; (also) stuck or jammed as a result of rusting. Also figurative and in extended use. Also with in, through, up, etc.
a. In predicative use.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > rusty
rustyeOE
rusted?c1225
cankered1530
cankerfret1603
rustful1709
rustyish1803
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > incrusted, scaled, or furred > rusty
rustyeOE
rusted?c1225
rustful1709
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 125 Beo neauer or swa bricht þet hit ne schal draȝen rust of an þet is irusted [c1230 Corpus Cambr. irustet, a1250 Nero irusted].
c1400 Lyfe of Soule (Laud) (1978) 59 Ȝoure gold and ȝowre siluer is irusted.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1072 (MED) O rancour rustid of inpacience, Whiche hast of new made festrid soris smerte.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 33 That rancour is so rowstit in thair hart..That force it is it man out at the last.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vii. 55 Ane vthir part of the schieldis & harnes var brokyn ande roustit.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ix. 144 I have seene grates of yron..so rusted and consumed, that pressing it betwixt your fingers, it dissolved into powder.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 45 The Salt-pond, which is rusted all over like a Pavement, with very white and good Salt.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 39 Rousted with Eild, a wie Piece Gate seems lang.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 31 What Numbers, sheath'd in Erudition lie, Plung'd to the Hilts in venerable Tomes, And rusted in.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 154 How now, Smith, is thy mainspring rusted.
1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 145 The safety valve..may become gagged or rusted, and incapable of motion.
1887 Life 24 Nov. The Servia, while in a great storm, parted her two-inch rudder chain—no wonder—it was rusted through!
1924 J. Masefield Sard Harker ii. 82 The catch of this beastly revolver seems to have jammed... I'm afraid it's rusted-in, or something.
1950 R. P. Kinney Compl. Bk. Furnit. Repairing & Refinishing xiii. 219 To refinish, if rusted, clean with coarse steel wool.
2001 Stationary Engine Mag. Mar. 16/2 Not only was the engine seized, but all the external parts were badly rusted.
b. In attributive use.
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1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5 Scoure the rusted swords of Eluish knights.
1628 Edinb. Test. LIV. f. 258v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Roustit Raxes..crewkes taynges..all brockin roustit wark.
1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 357 Several rousted keys hinging on a string.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 574 Old Dolius too his rusted arms put on.
1793 W. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris ii. 46 Custom whets again the rusted knife.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 258 Then, from a rusted iron hook, A bunch of ponderous keys he took.
1875 Anderida III. iii. 54 A rusted brazier stood crankily on its three legs.
1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 18 A piece of rusted up metal..could be noted in a sketch-book.
1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping viii. 163 I knew the bridge well...I knew the look of its rusted bolts and tarred pilings.
2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Mar. 37 Where once rusted metal was banished..it is now positively welcomed as an alternative finish to garden metal.
2. Impaired by disuse, inactivity, or age; lacking alertness or vitality; sluggish. Also with up.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > hindering or retarding > hindered or retarded > by lack of creativity
rusted1556
1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. Lvi v The common bull of dissembled virginitie, and the boare of olde rusted widowhead.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cccviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 178 Blunt Reason, as an vseless Toole they give; Old Shopkeeper, with rusted Conscience!
1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina i. 55 After Dinner the Gentlemen (whose courage seemed to them rusted whilst they rested) invited one another..to ride at a small Ring.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 57 Being rusted in my dancing, I was refreshing my memory with a little exercise.
1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon i. 3 My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 55 My wits had become sadly rusted by long seclusion from society.
1881 in W. Hamilton Parodies Wks. of Eng. & Amer. Authors (1884) I. 45/2 I beheld a scene That steep'd my rusted mind in wonderment.
1919 E. Shanks Queen of China & Other Poems i. i. 208 Be merciful to his old rusted wits.
1972 Guardian 15 Mar. 10/2 I don't ever feel that I get rusted-up. I don't think I could have done this play if I'd been rusted-up.
1990 T. Robbins Skinny Legs & All 419 I'm just a..busted, rusted derelict fit for nothing but the two-bit harmonica junkyard blues.
3. Of a plant or plant part: affected by the disease rust (rust n.1 6a).
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease
rustyc1503
smutty1597
smutched1620
slaina1642
smutty1667
sooty1697
rusted1763
spurred1763
smutted1766
leaf spot1846
fly-speck1855
ergotized1860
tagged1892
mummied1893
mummified1895
conky1905
rhynchosporium1918
Alternaria1924
Sigatoka1925
pasmo1926
sclerotinia1926
oak wilt1942
silver-leaf1946
wildfire1971
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 413 The straw of smutty, mildewed or rusted corn.
1842 Farmers' Cabinet 15 Sept. 54/1 I have never examined a single sample of rusted wheat..without detecting an inferiority, either in weight or colour, and often in both.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Ballad of Death 102 Many rusted sheaves Rain-rotten in rank lands.
1886 Ann. Rep. Minnesota State Hort. Soc. 215 They arrest development, as in the orange rust of blackberry, so that rusted leaves are smaller than healthy ones.
1955 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 23 Sept. 5/5 Elevators are said to be plugged with the slow or non-moving feed wheats from last year's rusted crops.
2007 N. P. Money Triumph Fungi iii. 53 A healthy tree keeps its leaves for 18–20 weeks; a rusted tree can lose them in 6 weeks.
4. That is or has become rust-coloured, esp. from age or decay.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red
rustya1398
hepaticc1420
horseflesh1530
rubiginousa1538
iron1587
bricky1615
ferrugineous1633
sand-reda1639
brickish1648
ferruginous1656
lateritious1656
brick-coloured1675
blood bay1684
testaceous1688
rust-coloureda1691
brick-red1740
brick-dust-like1765
maroon1771
rufous1782
brick-dusty1817
rusted1818
worm red1831
brownish-red1832
brown-red1835
foxy1850
rust1854
henna-coloured1865
chestnut-red1882
terra-cotta1882
copper-red1883
fox-red1910
oxblood1918
tony1921
henna-brown1931
henna-red2002
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 228 His shaggy hair of a rusted black colour.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiii. 376 The hills are red and brown with rusted bracken and heather.
1929 J. M. Ross in Oxf. Poetry 36 The Purple Beech..brandishing aloft his burnt, dark, rusted leaves.
1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 45/1 Its shacks with their contorted lanes and rusted trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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