putty

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Ever thought about handing out little things of silly putty, your company name on the plastic case, and inside you pressed the putty against your logo so the first thing they see when opening it is your company name?

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  1. noun A doughlike cement made by mixing whiting and linseed oil, used to fill holes in woodwork and secure panes of glass.
  2. noun A substance with a similar consistency or function.
  3. noun A fine lime cement used as a finishing coat on plaster.
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  • Blows smacked-blows which sank like fingers jabbed into putty, although the sinews upon which they landed were tough as bundled wire The pleasure suddenly went out of Bruze's leer. —  008 - The Sargasso Ogre
  • If the putty is crumbly, then you added too much AP. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: AP Plasticizer
  • Bone putty is a mixture of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate and tetra calcium phosphate. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • Affixed in the putty was a hair-fine wire of copper. —  020 - Death In Silver
  • Had he carelessly tried to remove the putty, the wire would have been broken, setting off an alarm somewhere The discovery was proof that his caution was not wasted. —  020 - Death In Silver
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  1. French potée, polishing powder, from Old French, a potful, from pot, pot, from Vulgar Latin *pottus.

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  1. from Old French potee, brass, copper, tin, etc., calcined, also a potful, French potée, powdered tin, oxid, putty, also a potful, from pot, a pot: see pot. Cf. potin, pottain, pot-metal.
  2. from putty, n.
 

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