rusting

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rusting

Rhymes with -ʌstɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rust

noun rustings

  1. The development of rust on a surface. 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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@misc{rusting_2026,
  title = {rusting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rusting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}