STALE
ADJECTIVES
1430 — PALLED stale, flat, that has lost its briskness or freshness; said of fermented liquor, etc. → arch.
1579 — FROUGHY → FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling; musty, stale, not sweet
1608 — FROWISH stale-smelling, fetid → obs.
1722 — RAFTY stale, rancid; usually said of bacon → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1800 — OLD stale; said of bread → Sc.
1857 — MUSTY-FUSTY having a stale smell; mouldy
1884 — CHESTNUTTY stale, old → arch.
1896 — OFF stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date → sl.
NOUNS
1592 — FUST to become mouldy or stale-smelling; of wine: to taste of the cask → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1908 — NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste → Sc.
VERBS
1592 — FUST to become mouldy or stale-smelling → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1625 — PALL to render flat, stale, or insipid
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