rusting

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌstɪŋ

Verb

rusting

  1. present participle and gerund of rust

Noun

rusting (plural rustings)

  1. The development of rust on a surface.
    • 1899, Scientific American, volume 81, page 309:
      An example will best make the matter clear, and throw light, perhaps, on many cases of apparently mysterious rustings.
  2. The phenomenon where the fur of a black cat develops a brown colour when exposed to sunlight.

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