mustied

English

Etymology

musty + -ed

Adjective

mustied (comparative more mustied, superlative most mustied)

  1. (obsolete) Made musty.
    • 1721, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry (page 61)
      But several sowing of Wheat at that time, because 'twas the usual time of doing of it, it lay in the Ground till Rain came, which was the latter end of October first, and then but part of it came up neither, because it was mustied and spoiled with lying so long in the Ground []
    • 1825, William Samuel Cardell, Essay on Language
      The air in a cask is musty, or mustied, because it is bound or confined.

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