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Webster 1913 Edition


Putty

Put′ty

,
Noun.
[F.
potée
, fr.
pot
pot; what was formerly called
putty
being a substance resembling what is now called
putty powder
, and in part made of the metal of old pots. See
Pot
.]
1.
A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, – used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.
Putty powder
,
an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.

Put′ty

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Puttied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Puttying
.]
To cement, or stop, with putty.

Webster 1828 Edition


Putty

PUT'TY

,
Noun.
A kind of paste or cement compounded of whiting and linseed oil, beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough; used in fastening glass in sashes and in stopping crevices.
1.
A powder of calcined tin, used in polishing glass and steel.

Definition 2024


putty

putty

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʌti/
  • Rhymes: -ʌti

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Noun

putty (plural putties)

  1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
  2. Any of a range of similar substances.
  3. (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)

  1. (transitive) to fix something using putty
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

putty (plural putties)

  1. Alternative form of puttee