Rusted
['rʌstɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Rust
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- The staple to which my chains were fixed, was more rusted than I or the villain Abbot had supposed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The action of the water had so rusted the chain, that it was impossible for me to unfasten it from the hasp which attached it to the case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and discolored metal and several dull-colored pieces of pebble or glass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But it rusted and cankered at your father's heart for years. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In this space lay a large and heavy flagstone with a rusted iron ring in the centre to which a thick shepherd's-check muffler was attached. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were the four blackened walls, and a rusted iron ring in one of them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Edited by Jonathan