PUTTY

putty

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

putty

(verb) apply putty in order to fix or fill; “putty the window sash”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

putty (countable and uncountable, 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.

An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.

A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.

(golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

Adjective

putty (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Verb

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

(transitive) To fix or fill using putty.

Etymology 2

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

(eye dialect) pretty; purdy

Etymology 3

Noun

putty (plural putties)

Alternative form of puttee

Source: Wiktionary

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Put"ty, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puttied; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttying.]

Definition: To cement, or stop, with putty.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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