putty

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   apply putty in order to fix or fill

   Putty the window sash.

2. 2
   noun

   a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil

3. 3
   noun

   A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.

4. 4
   noun

   Any of a range of similar substances.

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

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