- Putty
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.