putty

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
putty
    n 1: a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil;
         used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
    v 1: apply putty in order to fix or fill; "putty the window
         sash"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Puttee \Put"tee\, [Hind. pa[.t][.t]i ribbon, brace, tie.]
   A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg,
   used by soldiers, etc. [Written also {putty}, {puttie}.]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Putty \Put"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puttied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Puttying}.]
   To cement, or stop, with putty.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Golf) A ball made of composition and not gutta percha.
      [Colloq.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   {Putty powder}, an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in
      various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal,
      precious stones, etc.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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