white lead putty

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• white lead — white′ lead′ [[t]lɛd[/t]] n. 1) chem. a white heavy powder of basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3∙Pb(OH)2, used as a pigment, in putty, and in ointments for burns 2) chem. putty made from white lead in oil • Etymology: 1400–50 …   From formal English to slang

• red-lead putty — noun a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings • Hypernyms: ↑cement * * * noun : a mixture of red and white lead and boiled linseed oil used as a lute in pipe fitting * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• red-lead putty — /red led / a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil. * * * …   Universalium

• white lead — /led/ 1. a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2, used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns. 2. the putty made from this substance in oil. [1400 50; late ME] * * *       any of several white pigments… …   Universalium

• white lead — /waɪt ˈlɛd/ (say wuyt led) noun 1. basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2, a white, heavy powder formerly used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns. 2. the putty made from this substance in oil …  

• 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… …  

• Painterwork — accomplishes two things, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting, taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat, are very numerous, including oil paint of many kinds,… …   Wikipedia

• Sneakbox — A sneakbox is a small boat that can be sailed, rowed, poled or sculled. It is predominantly associated with the Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, just as the canoe like Delaware Ducker is associated with the New Jersey marshes along the Delaware River… …   Wikipedia

• lacquerwork — Any of a variety of decorative objects or surfaces, usually of wood, to which a coloured, highly polished, and opaque type of varnish called lacquer has been applied. True lacquerwork is Chinese or Japanese in origin. The technique was copied in… …   Universalium

• butter — Synonyms and related words: albumen, batter, bedaub, besmear, blandness, blarney, blubber, bonnyclabber, breeze, butter up, buttermilk, cataplasm, certified milk, cheese, clabber, clay, coat, condensed milk, cornstarch, cream, crush, curd,… …   Moby Thesaurus