"rust" meaning in Middle English

See rust in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /rust/, /ruːst/ [rare] Forms: rost [alternative], roste [alternative], roust [alternative], rouste [alternative], ruste [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English rust, rūst, from Proto-West Germanic *rust, *rost, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|rust}} Old English rust, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*rust}} Proto-West Germanic *rust, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*rustaz}} Proto-Germanic *rustaz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} rust, {{enm-noun|-}} rust (uncountable)
  1. rust (oxidisation of iron or steel) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-rust-enm-noun-u6i7qcot Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 20 21 26
  2. (figurative) Moral degeneration. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rust-enm-noun-VgubJP~m Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 20 21 26
  3. (horticulture) A fungal disease of plants. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-rust-enm-noun-lIbnF63y Categories (other): Horticulture, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 20 21 26 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rusten, rusty
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Metallurgy Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} rust
  1. alternative form of rusten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rusten
    Sense id: en-rust-enm-verb-8VrxFd31 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Fungi Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 20 21 26 Disambiguation of Fungi: 13 13 33 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Metallurgy Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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