Putty - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Putty :  (noun)

1: a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass (verb)

1: apply putty in order to fix or fill; "putty the window sash"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Putty : \Put"ty\, n. (Golf) A ball made of composition and not gutta percha. [Colloq.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Putty : \Put"ty\, n.; pl. Putties. [Written also puttee, puttie.] [Hind. pa[.t][.t]i ribbon, brace, tie.] A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Putty : \Put"ty\, n. [F. pot['e]e, 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.] 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Putty : \Put"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puttied; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttying.] To cement, or stop, with putty.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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