putty
A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
Origin
Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.
Noun Entry 2
- A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
- Any of a range of similar substances.
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An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
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A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
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- A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
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Derived
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Noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).
- “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’ - 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected...
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Verb
- To fix or fill using putty.