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mustying

mustying is the present participle and gerund of musty.

Meaning of musty

Verb

musty (third-person singular simple present musties, present participle mustying, simple past and past participle mustied)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn musty (adjective sense 1 or 2); to must.
    • Wi[lding]. But harke thee, harke thee VVill, did'ſt vvinne it? / Ha[zard]. No, but I may looſe it ere I goe to bed. / Doſt think't ſhall muſtie, vvhat's a hundred pound?1633 November 21 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iames Shirly [i.e., James Shirley], The Gamester. […], London: […] Iohn Norton, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke, published 1637, →OCLC, Act...

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Questions about mustying

What is mustying the present participle and gerund of?
Mustying is the present participle and gerund of musty.

Words near mustying in the dictionary

  1. mustre
  2. mustres
  3. musts
  4. musturbation
  5. musty
  6. mustying
  7. Musu Dan
  8. Musu Point
  9. musubi
  10. Musubi no Kami
  11. Musubi-no-Kami

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