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rustiness|ˈrʌstɪnɪs|
[f. rusty a.1 and a.3]
1. The state of being rusty; rusty condition or quality; rust. Freq. fig.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. ii. (Bodl. MS.), [Gravel] haþ vertu to clense metal and to waste þe rustynes of metal bi frotinge..þereof. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 47 Rustynes of synne is cawse of these wawys. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 205/1 Yf thou be harde as is the yron thou shalt lese thy Rustynes by fyre. 1547–64Baldwin Mor. Phil. (Palfr.) 333 Idlenesse..is a thing like a cankering rustinesse both to the body and to the soule. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 357 Let us rub off the rustinesse of our tongues. 1601Lyly Love's Metam. ii. i, Her teeth hollow and red with rustinesse. 1679C. Ness Antichrist Pref., If the rustiness of gold witness against men at the last day. 1851Hawthorne Ho. Sev. Gables i, The rustiness and infirmity of age gathered over the venerable house itself. 1882Garden 3 June 389/1 This rustiness [in strawberries] is caused by the sun.
2. slang. Irritableness, bad temper.
1860G. J. Whyte-Melville Mkt. Harb. 104 Old Isaac,..subject to occasional ‘rustiness’, and imbued with a strong aversion to what he called being ‘put upon’. 1900G. B. Shaw Let. 14 Mar. (1972) II. 156 In the old days I was always standing between Bland and the rustinesses that used to come from his Tory imperviousness to the Radical notions with which Socialism was adulterated. |