meaning of putty
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.
2. To cement, or stop, with putty.
3. a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
Related Words
putty | putty knife | putty-faced | puttying | puttyroot |
