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• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Putty powder — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• putty — ► NOUN ▪ a malleable paste that hardens as it sets, used for sealing glass in window frames, filling holes in wood, etc. ● be (like) putty in someone s hands Cf. ↑be putty in someone s hands ORIGIN French potée, potful …   English terms dictionary

• putty — [put′ē] n. [Fr potée, calcined tin, brass, lit., potful < pot, POT1] 1. a) a soft, plastic mixture of finely powdered chalk and linseed oil, used to secure glass panes, fill small cracks, etc. b) any substance like this in consistency, use,… …   English World dictionary

• putty powder — n. powdered oxide of tin, or of tin and lead, used for polishing glass or metals …   English World dictionary

• putty — putty1 /put ee/, n., pl. putties, v., puttied, puttying. n. 1. a compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc. 2. any of various other compounds used for… …   Universalium

• Putty — This article is about the type of material. For the remote shell client, see PuTTY. For other uses, see Putty (disambiguation). Intumescent firestop putty being used over top of ceramic fibre packing to restore the two hour fire resistance rating …   Wikipedia

• Putty knife — Strictly speaking, a putty knife is a specialized tool once used when glazing windows, to work putty around the edges of each pane of glass. An experienced glazer would apply the putty by hand, and then smooth it with the knife. Modern glazing… …   Wikipedia

• putty powder — noun : a polishing material (as for glass or marble) containing chiefly stannic oxide called also jewelers putty * * * an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces. Also called putty, jeweler s putty. [1825… …   Useful english dictionary

• putty — I. noun (plural putties) Etymology: French potée potter s glaze, literally, potful, from Old French, from pot pot more at pottage Date: circa 1706 1. a. a doughlike material typically made of whiting and linseed oil that is used especially to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Glass transition — The liquid glass transition (or glass transition for short) is the reversible transition in amorphous materials (or in amorphous regions within semicrystalline materials) from a hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber like state …   Wikipedia