rustingn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌstɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrəstɪŋ/

Forms: see rust v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rust v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rust v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The process of becoming or fact of being rusty (rusty adj.¹ 1); an instance of this. Also concrete: a flake or piece of rust (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > corrosion > rusty condition > rust or rusting

rusteOE

rustinga1398

ewre1597

cankerfret1619

aerugo1664

white rust1677

oxidegerence1831

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > rust > rusting

rustinga1398

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 238 Clene oyle kepeþ bright yren fro rustynge [L. rubigine].

1554–5 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 140 Gevin to Sampsoun, the painter, to lay the haill knok and half-hour all ouer with reid leid to keip thame fra rousting.

1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigr. in Wks. sig. Dd^v Great diffrence betweene rubbyng and rustyng.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 494 The rusting of Iron, in such houses as front the Sea.

1685 S. Derham Hydrologia Philosophica 67 Which Earth as the mater ferri because of the body of Mars in it, being preyed upon, doth become as a Crocus Martis or Rustings of Iron.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing They rub it over with Oil of Olives, to prevent its rusting.

1792 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 320 These fractures are occasioned by the rusting of the iron.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 182 These parts are all made of copper, to withstand rusting from the water.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 The air must be..connected with the phenomenon of rusting.

1901 J. C. Van Dyke Desert iv. 67 The Colorado..cuts and carries seaward with it red sands of shale, granite, and porphyry, red rustings of iron, red grits of carnelian, agate and garnet.

1921 Times 9 Feb. 12/5 (advt.) ‘Empire’ Woven Wire Fence..gives sterling service year in and year out... Absolutely climate-proof; well galvanised against rusting.

2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City i. iii. 50 Inspection is largely visual: technicians ride along the bridge undersides in motorized ‘travelers’ looking for cracks, rusting, and corrosion.

b. figurative. The fact or process of deteriorating or becoming impaired, esp. through inactivity or lack of use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming

impairingc1380

failinga1382

aggrievance1502

decaying1530

fading1578

worsinga1583

rusting1597

degeneration1607

degenerating1611

improvementa1617

going back1631

aggravidizationa1641

disimprovement1649

decidence1655

deterioration1658

pejoration1658

exaggeration1661

marasmus1681

sinking1701

unimprovement1760

worsening1811

worsering1883

1597 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 41 I have been enforced this day to scour up my old Latin that hath lain long in rusting.

1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 48 He is so afraid of rusting, that he doth vse to scoure himselfe with ashes and oyle.

1685 J. Flavel Πνευματολογία 158 Your Bodies must, and will wear out, and it's better wear them with working, than with rusting.

1861 H. Keddie My Heart's in Highlands i. 8 Mrs. Macdonnel, while still a high-spirited young lady, grew restless from the rusting of her faculties.

1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. vii. 178 ‘We must not rust away our lives here.’ ‘Do you call this rusting?’ he asked tenderly.

1943 J. Borkin & C. A. Welsh Germany's Master Plan i. 6 The tourniquet of ships remorselessly constricted the German arteries of supply. Nitrates alone could not stave off the rusting of the German mechanism.

2005 N. A. Kirkwood Pastoral Care to Aged i. 6 It is the rusting of their talents that creates the stress.

2. The development of the disease rust, or of reddish discoloration, in (a part of) a plant (cf. rust n.¹ 6a); an instance of this.In quot. 1669 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > rust disease or condition of having

rustOE

rustinga1398

canker?c1425

black rust1785

red gum1794

red rust1806

rust disease1816

red robin1821

red rag1841

crown rust1868

rustiness1882

stem rust1899

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 238^v Barliche is most noble..and no seed semeþ in lasse daunger of corrupcioun, ffor he groweth swyftliche and is rype and ygadered ar corrupcioun other roustyn [Bodl. rostinge; L. rubigo] falle vpon whete.

1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. xiii. 118 Sad relapses like blasts and rustings do often fade..it, when it's even ready for the Harvest.

1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 175/2 The rusting of the leaves is not always followed by the rusting of the stems.

1845 Cultivator Apr. 122/1 Moderate irrigation improves rye at any stage of its growth, but there is danger of its rusting.

1897 46th Ann. Rep. Indiana State Board Agric. 1896–7 465 The late growth, and consequent rusting, of the straw.

1911 Proc. 56th Ann. Meeting (Western N.Y. Hort. Soc.) 22 A rusting of pears similar to the rusting you see on oranges.

1996 F. H. Tainter & F. A. Bake Princ. Forest Pathol. i. ix. 283 A trait similar to the slow rusting in wheat occurs in western white pines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rustingadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌstɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrəstɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rust v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < rust v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. Of metal or a metal object: becoming rusty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > rusty > becoming rusty

rusting1600

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. C4^v He gapes for gaine and rusting pelfe.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 115 A Prince's Name is surer preserved, and more deeply ingraven in Paper, than in..rusting Medals.

1706 Cerealia 5 His horrent Arms he takes, and Rusting Fauchion.

1861 O. W. Holmes Voice of Loyal North 33 'Tis hard..To see the rusting turbines stand Before the emptied flumes.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 May 5/2 The degenerate cattle-lifters..still nurse their rusting swords in their arms.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. x. 59 Rusting boilers and winches and broken hulls bobbed up like buoys from the waving grass.

2008 A. Proulx in New Yorker 9 June 82/1 Fences down and gates hanging by one hinge, binder twine everywhere and rusting machinery in the pastures.

b. figurative. Deteriorating through age, disuse, or neglect; decaying; becoming antiquated.

ΚΠ

1682 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs Pref. sig. B^v There are some sort of Writings devoted to the Passions,..to stir Anger and whet up a rusting Animosity.

1785 A. Yearsley Poems Several Occasions 14 Thou hast tun'd My rusting powers to the bright strain of joy.

1838 Western Messenger Apr. 25 Some of these books..rouse all our slumbering fancies, and brighten all our rusting knowledge about that period.

1863 ‘A Bill Broker’ Secrets of My Office i. 3 All fudge, no doubt of that;—the coinage of tranquil and serene enjoyment's rusting brain.

1907 F. P. B. Osmaston Springfield & Concord ii. 155 These rusting bones, Sheltered beneath this clod.

1996 W. Hutton State we're In (rev. ed.) Afterword 341 A Freedom of Information Act would invigorate rusting lines of accountability.

2005 New Internationalist Mar. 20/3 Putin..came to office pledging to..modernize the rusting Soviet-era economy.

2. That causes rust in metal. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1602 in tr. Ovid Salmacis & Hermaphroditus sig. A3^v The rusting Canker eates the purest gold.

1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. iii. xii. 234 Christ..made you gold, you keeps from rusting evils.

1720 J. Dart tr. Tibullus Wks. i. i. 5 When cold Show'rs drive o'er the wint'ry Plain, Indulge my Sleep lull'd by the rusting Rain!

1888 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 2 Mar. 8/2 The reeds of weaving machines are plated to resist the rusting effects of the damp cotton.

1940 J. C. Altrocchi Wolves against Moon 507 Joseph wandered aimlessly over the stocks, noting the kegs of nails open to the rusting air.

2008 R. J. Jarymowycz Cavalry from Hoof to Track iv. 36 The knight's outfit was layered against the elements, searing sun or rusting rain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rusting
释义	rustingn. Brit. /ˈrʌstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrəstɪŋ/ Forms: see rust v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rust v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rust v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The process of becoming or fact of being rusty (rusty adj.¹ 1); an instance of this. Also concrete: a flake or piece of rust (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > corrosion > rusty condition > rust or rusting rusteOE rustinga1398 ewre1597 cankerfret1619 aerugo1664 white rust1677 oxidegerence1831 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > rust > rusting rustinga1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 238 Clene oyle kepeþ bright yren fro rustynge [L. rubigine]. 1554–5 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 140 Gevin to Sampsoun, the painter, to lay the haill knok and half-hour all ouer with reid leid to keip thame fra rousting. 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigr. in Wks. sig. Dd^v Great diffrence betweene rubbyng and rustyng. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 494 The rusting of Iron, in such houses as front the Sea. 1685 S. Derham Hydrologia Philosophica 67 Which Earth as the mater ferri because of the body of Mars in it, being preyed upon, doth become as a Crocus Martis or Rustings of Iron. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing They rub it over with Oil of Olives, to prevent its rusting. 1792 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 320 These fractures are occasioned by the rusting of the iron. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 182 These parts are all made of copper, to withstand rusting from the water. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 The air must be..connected with the phenomenon of rusting. 1901 J. C. Van Dyke Desert iv. 67 The Colorado..cuts and carries seaward with it red sands of shale, granite, and porphyry, red rustings of iron, red grits of carnelian, agate and garnet. 1921 Times 9 Feb. 12/5 (advt.) ‘Empire’ Woven Wire Fence..gives sterling service year in and year out... Absolutely climate-proof; well galvanised against rusting. 2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City i. iii. 50 Inspection is largely visual: technicians ride along the bridge undersides in motorized ‘travelers’ looking for cracks, rusting, and corrosion. b. figurative. The fact or process of deteriorating or becoming impaired, esp. through inactivity or lack of use. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 1597 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 41 I have been enforced this day to scour up my old Latin that hath lain long in rusting. 1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 48 He is so afraid of rusting, that he doth vse to scoure himselfe with ashes and oyle. 1685 J. Flavel Πνευματολογία 158 Your Bodies must, and will wear out, and it's better wear them with working, than with rusting. 1861 H. Keddie My Heart's in Highlands i. 8 Mrs. Macdonnel, while still a high-spirited young lady, grew restless from the rusting of her faculties. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. vii. 178 ‘We must not rust away our lives here.’ ‘Do you call this rusting?’ he asked tenderly. 1943 J. Borkin & C. A. Welsh Germany's Master Plan i. 6 The tourniquet of ships remorselessly constricted the German arteries of supply. Nitrates alone could not stave off the rusting of the German mechanism. 2005 N. A. Kirkwood Pastoral Care to Aged i. 6 It is the rusting of their talents that creates the stress. 2. The development of the disease rust, or of reddish discoloration, in (a part of) a plant (cf. rust n.¹ 6a); an instance of this.In quot. 1669 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > rust disease or condition of having rustOE rustinga1398 canker?c1425 black rust1785 red gum1794 red rust1806 rust disease1816 red robin1821 red rag1841 crown rust1868 rustiness1882 stem rust1899 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 238^v Barliche is most noble..and no seed semeþ in lasse daunger of corrupcioun, ffor he groweth swyftliche and is rype and ygadered ar corrupcioun other roustyn [Bodl. rostinge; L. rubigo] falle vpon whete. 1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. xiii. 118 Sad relapses like blasts and rustings do often fade..it, when it's even ready for the Harvest. 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 175/2 The rusting of the leaves is not always followed by the rusting of the stems. 1845 Cultivator Apr. 122/1 Moderate irrigation improves rye at any stage of its growth, but there is danger of its rusting. 1897 46th Ann. Rep. Indiana State Board Agric. 1896–7 465 The late growth, and consequent rusting, of the straw. 1911 Proc. 56th Ann. Meeting (Western N.Y. Hort. Soc.) 22 A rusting of pears similar to the rusting you see on oranges. 1996 F. H. Tainter & F. A. Bake Princ. Forest Pathol. i. ix. 283 A trait similar to the slow rusting in wheat occurs in western white pines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rustingadj. Brit. /ˈrʌstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrəstɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rust v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < rust v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. Of metal or a metal object: becoming rusty. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > rusty > becoming rusty rusting1600 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. C4^v He gapes for gaine and rusting pelfe. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 115 A Prince's Name is surer preserved, and more deeply ingraven in Paper, than in..rusting Medals. 1706 Cerealia 5 His horrent Arms he takes, and Rusting Fauchion. 1861 O. W. Holmes Voice of Loyal North 33 'Tis hard..To see the rusting turbines stand Before the emptied flumes. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 May 5/2 The degenerate cattle-lifters..still nurse their rusting swords in their arms. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. x. 59 Rusting boilers and winches and broken hulls bobbed up like buoys from the waving grass. 2008 A. Proulx in New Yorker 9 June 82/1 Fences down and gates hanging by one hinge, binder twine everywhere and rusting machinery in the pastures. b. figurative. Deteriorating through age, disuse, or neglect; decaying; becoming antiquated. ΚΠ 1682 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs Pref. sig. B^v There are some sort of Writings devoted to the Passions,..to stir Anger and whet up a rusting Animosity. 1785 A. Yearsley Poems Several Occasions 14 Thou hast tun'd My rusting powers to the bright strain of joy. 1838 Western Messenger Apr. 25 Some of these books..rouse all our slumbering fancies, and brighten all our rusting knowledge about that period. 1863 ‘A Bill Broker’ Secrets of My Office i. 3 All fudge, no doubt of that;—the coinage of tranquil and serene enjoyment's rusting brain. 1907 F. P. B. Osmaston Springfield & Concord ii. 155 These rusting bones, Sheltered beneath this clod. 1996 W. Hutton State we're In (rev. ed.) Afterword 341 A Freedom of Information Act would invigorate rusting lines of accountability. 2005 New Internationalist Mar. 20/3 Putin..came to office pledging to..modernize the rusting Soviet-era economy. 2. That causes rust in metal. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1602 in tr. Ovid Salmacis & Hermaphroditus sig. A3^v The rusting Canker eates the purest gold. 1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. iii. xii. 234 Christ..made you gold, you keeps from rusting evils. 1720 J. Dart tr. Tibullus Wks. i. i. 5 When cold Show'rs drive o'er the wint'ry Plain, Indulge my Sleep lull'd by the rusting Rain! 1888 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 2 Mar. 8/2 The reeds of weaving machines are plated to resist the rusting effects of the damp cotton. 1940 J. C. Altrocchi Wolves against Moon 507 Joseph wandered aimlessly over the stocks, noting the kegs of nails open to the rusting air. 2008 R. J. Jarymowycz Cavalry from Hoof to Track iv. 36 The knight's outfit was layered against the elements, searing sun or rusting rain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398adj.1600
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