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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.
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)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
Noun
putty (plural putties)
- A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
- Any of a range of similar substances.
- (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
Derived terms
Translations
a form of cement
any of a range of similar substances
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Verb
putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)
- (transitive) to fix something using putty
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
putty (plural putties)
- Alternative form of puttee