单词 | rusty-brownish |
释义 | > as lemmasrusty-brownish C1. Modifying other adjectives of colour, as rusty-brown, rusty-brownish, rusty-red, etc. Cf. sense 8b. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 108v Her lyppes were hore with filth, her teeth were furd and rusty read. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y5 On his head a steele cap he did weare Of colour rustie browne, but sure and strong. View more context for this quotation 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 95 Then would we constraine their rustie red ruddockes to run at our becke. 1676 T. Sherley tr. V. A. Moellenbrock Cochlearia Curiosa ii. 28 Its seeds are small, and of a dark red, or rusty brown colour. 1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. 209 The whole bird..is covered with feathers of a rusty-brownish or black colour. 1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora ii. 294 Imbricated, leaflets obtusely lobed, lead-colour, blue and spongy underneath, shields (small, flat) rusty red. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 48 A tall meagre varlet, whose rusty-brown cloak [etc.]. 1863 N. Brit. Rev. May 375 A disease called rust,..from the rusty-red or yellowish patches which it forms. 1913 Condor 15 113 They are spotted and blotched, chiefly toward the butt, with irregular, rusty-brown spots. 1979 D. Griffiths Island Forest Year 78 For a northern flycatcher it is showy, dark grey-brown upper parts heightening the contrast of the rusty-orange belly and black tail. 1998 Independent 9 May (Mag.) 40/1 A couple of pots of the essential rusty-red tamarind sauce (a sort of Asian ketchup) for dipping. < as lemmas |
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