From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puttee \Put"tee\, [Hind. pa[.t][.t]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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putty \Put"ty\, n.; pl. {Putties}. [Written also {puttee},
{puttie}.] [Hind. pa[.t][.t]i ribbon, brace, tie.]
A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg,
used by soldiers, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putty \Put"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puttied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puttying}.]
To cement, or stop, with putty.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putty \Put"ty\, n. [F. pot['e]e, 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putty
n 1: a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil;
used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
v 1: apply putty in order to fix or fill; "putty the window
sash"
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