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Webster 1913 Edition

(rēs′ty̆)

Adj.

[Etymol. uncertain.]

Rusty and rancid; – applied to salt meat.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Tusser.

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Reas′ti-ness

(rēs′tĭ-nĕs)

Noun.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Adj.

Covered with a kind of rust and having a rancid taste; applied to dried meat. [Not in use or local.]

reasty ‎(comparative more reasty, superlative most reasty)

(obsolete, Britain, dialect) rusty and rancid; applied to salt meat
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