Putty

put′i, n. an oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing gla , .— jewellers' putty : a cement of whiting and linseed-oil, used in glazing windows: a fine cement of lime only— plasterers' putty. — v.t. to fix or fill with putty:— pa.t. and pa.p. putt′ied. — n. Putt′ier , a glazier.— adj. Putt′y-faced , having a face resembling putty in pastine or colour.— ns. Putt′y-knife , a knife with a blunt, flexible blade for laying on putty; Putt′y-pow′der , an artificially prepared oxide of tin used for polishing gla ; Putt′y-root , an American orchid the corm of whose root-stock contains a highly glutinous matter; Putt′y-work , decoration in a soft substance which grows very hard. [O. Fr. potée , properly that which is contained in a pot, Fr. pot. ]