unrust
English
Etymology
un- + rust
Verb
unrust (third-person singular simple present unrusts, present participle unrusting, simple past and past participle unrusted)
- (uncommon) The removal of rust from a metal object.
- 1995, Lee Ebler, “The Fist Wet Clothes Drying Party”, in Editors of Highlights for Children, editor, Frog For a Day and Other Fanciful Adventure Stories, →ISBN, page 17:
- Miss Mattie started a roaring fire, and everyone hung up the wet clothes while the cat played, tea water boiled, and the king planned how to unrust his knights.