*putt*

n. [ Cf. Put, v. t. ] (Golf) A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into a hole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. (Golf) To make a putt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Hind. pa&tsdot_;&tsdot_;i ribbon, brace, tie. ] A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc. [ Written also putty, puttie. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Puttered p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering. ] [ See Potter. ] To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. One who puts or plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An instigator. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who putties; a glazier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game. [ 1913 Webster ]

Putting stone, a heavy stone used in the game of putting. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Golf) The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. “The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards.” Golf Rules. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. Pout a young bird, Poult. ] (Zool.) (a) The European kite. (b) The buzzard. (c) The marsh harrier. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Futtock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. potée, 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 ]

n.; pl. Putties /plu>. [ Written also puttee, puttie. ] [ Hind. pa&tsdot_;&tsdot_;i ribbon, brace, tie. ] A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Puttied p. pr. & vb. n. Puttying. ] To cement, or stop, with putty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. White-faced; -- used contemptuously. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sputtered p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering. ] [ From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf. Splutter. ] 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech. [ 1913 Webster ]