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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rust  \Rust\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rusted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rusting}.]  [AS.  rustian.] 
  1.  To  contract  rust;  to  be  or  become  oxidized. 
 
  If  gold  ruste,  what  shall  iron  do?  --Chaucer. 
 
  Our  armors  now  may  rust.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  be  affected  with  the  parasitic  fungus  called  rust; 
  also  to  acquire  a  rusty  appearance.  as  plants. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  To  degenerate  in  idleness;  to  become  dull  or 
  impaired  by  inaction. 
 
  Must  I  rust  in  Egypt?  never  more  Appear  in  arms,  and 
  be  the  chief  of  Greece?  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rusting 
  n  :  the  formation  of  reddish-brown  ferric  oxides  on  iron  by 
  low-temperature  oxidation  in  the  presence  of  water  [syn: 
  {rust}] 




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