Hypertext Webster Gateway: "putty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putty \Put"ty\, n. (Golf)
A ball made of composition and not gutta percha. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putty \Put"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puttied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puttying}.]
To cement, or stop, with putty.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
putty
n : a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used
especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
v : apply putty in order to fix or fill, as of a window sash,
for example
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