Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A doughlike cement made by mixing whiting and linseed oil, used to fill holes in woodwork and secure panes of glass.
- n. A substance with a similar consistency or function.
- n. A fine lime cement used as a finishing coat on plaster.
- n. A yellowish or light brownish gray to grayish yellow or light grayish brown.
- v. To fill, cover, or secure with putty.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed-oil, mixed to the consistence of dough. In this state it is used by glaziers for fixing the panes of glass in window-sashes, etc., and also by house-painters to stop up holes and cavities in woodwork before painting. It is often tinted with various pigments to make it agree in color with the surface on which it is used.
- n. A powder of oxid of tin, used in polishing glass and steel: sometimes called jewelers' putty.
- n. A very fine cement, used by plasterers and stone-masons, made of lime only. See the quotation.
- n. A mixture of ground materials in which in potteries earthenware is dipped for glazing.
- n. A mixture of clay and horse-dung used in making molds in foundries.
- To cement with putty; fill up with putty.
- n. A composition golf-ball, no longer in use.
- n. Same as puttee.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
- n. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
- n. Any of a range of similar substances.
- v. transitive to fix something using putty
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. (Golf), colloq. A ball made of composition and not gutta percha.
- n. A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.
- v. To cement, or stop, with putty.
WordNet 3.0
- 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
Etymologies
- From French potée. (Wiktionary)
- French potée, polishing powder, from Old French, a potful, from pot, pot, from Vulgar Latin *pottus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I reckon that's what I call putty good," said the scout, a smile creeping over his bronzed face.”
Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll
“It was called Rayedit (designed by Raytheon, the makers of the Patriot missile!), and it featured hulking cathode ray tubes sheathed in putty-colored metal and keyboards the size of Samsonite suitcases.”
The Washington Post: No more 'spiking' and 'killing' in our kinder, gentler newsroom
“Buy something in each store so that the final price of poster putty is 1.65 plus $20 for each store visited - bonus if the number exceeds three.”
“Silly putty is made of silicone oil and boric acid, it may be nontoxic to us, but i don't know how book pages or matte finished djs would react.”
“ The putty is strong enough to hold up to 300 lbs. ”
“Ell.), which has the name putty-root, probably from the same property of gumminess and adhesiveness.”
“Lime putty, which is an excellent building material, can be stored indefinitely under moist conditions.”
“The Choctaw [Footnote: Romans, p. 70, Bossu, Vol. I, p. 308.] boys made use of a cane stalk, eight or nine feet in length, from which the obstructions at the joints had been removed, much as boys use what is called a putty blower.”
“Find a flat knife, such as putty knife or a baker's scraper cutter.”
“It is a bit eye-scorcing, but I must say that I prefer this to the endless shades of "putty" that prevail in some of the tonier neighborhoods.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘putty’.
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
money cowrie, bedraggle, omphalos, ineluctable, postprandial, bladderwrack, modality barnacle..., loofah, shipworm, cither, embattle, Malachi and 503 more...
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INTA - GSP product categories
alkali metals, alkaline-earth me..., sodium, calcium, rare-earth metals, scandium, yttrium, intermixed, interalloyed, aluminium oxide, artificial corundum, ammonium sulphate and 99 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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RocknRolla (2008)
Words from 2008 'RocknRolla' film.
drip, consent, foothold, bricks and mortar, mortar, councillor, let down, wand, clean out, leg-up, hasty, erect and 115 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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fuffbee's Words
panopticon, perihelion, apsis, cuppycake, nexus, fufflebee, shawshank, hoi, lool, apogee, id, rubedo and 90 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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another yet
anneal, copepod, cuckoo, fathead, intone, patter, cabriole, knickknack, boodle, kit, estrange, forebode and 209 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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Tunie: Lukey's Boat
Lukey's boat is painted green,
Aha, me boys,
Lukey's boat is painted green,
The prettiest boat you ever seen.
Aha me boys a-riddle-I-day.
Lukey's boat's go...spring, care, underground, dead, blinds, fish, catch, shore, tub, split pea, grub, rolling and 17 more...
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Great Color Names
obsidian, vermillion, cardinal, ultramarine, chartreuse, puce, taupe, sable, slate, cerise, garnet, mauve and 88 more...
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