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• lime putty — noun : a cement that consists of lump lime slaked with water to the consistency of cream and left to harden by evaporation until it becomes like soft putty …   Useful english dictionary

• Lime mortar — is a type of mortar. It was used in the construction of the vast majority of brick and stone buildings worldwide from ancient times until the widespread adoption of Portland cement in the late nineteenth century. It is still used today, for the… …   Wikipedia

• Lime plaster — is a mixture of calcium hydroxide and sand (or other inert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler (materials) filler materials] ). Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes the plaster to set by transforming the calcium hydroxide into calcium… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — 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 — I. /ˈpʌti / (say putee) noun (plural putties) 1. a kind of cement, of dough like consistency, made of whiting and linseed oil and used for securing panes of glass, stopping up holes in woodwork, etc. 2. any of various more or less similar… …  

• putty — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a cement made from whiting and raw linseed oil, used for fixing panes of glass, filling holes in woodwork, etc. 2 a fine white mortar of lime and water, used in pointing brickwork, etc. 3 a polishing powder usu. made from… …   Useful english dictionary

• putty — [17] Etymologically, putty is something that comes from a pot. It was borrowed from French potée ‘contents of a pot’, a derivative of pot ‘pot’. By the time English acquired it, it had come to be applied to a powder made from heated tin, used by… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• putty — I put•ty [[t]ˈpʌt i[/t]] n. pl. ties, 1) bui a compound, usu. of whiting and linseed oil, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc 2) bui any of various substances for sealing the joints of tubes or pipes 3) bui a mixture of lime… …   From formal English to slang

• putty — [17] Etymologically, putty is something that comes from a pot. It was borrowed from French potée ‘contents of a pot’, a derivative of pot ‘pot’. By the time English acquired it, it had come to be applied to a powder made from heated tin, used by… …   Word origins