What does putty mean?
Definitions for putty
ˈpʌt iput·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word putty.
Princeton's WordNet
puttyverb
a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
puttyverb
apply putty in order to fix or fill
"putty the window sash"
Wiktionary
puttynoun
A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
puttynoun
Any of a range of similar substances.
puttyverb
to fix something using putty
puttyadjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.
Etymology: From potée.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Puttynoun
An object glass of a fourteen foot telescope, made by an artificer at London, I once mended considerably, by grinding it on pitch with putty, and leaning on it very easily in the grinding, lest the putty should scratch it. Newton.
Wikipedia
Putty
Putty is a material with high plasticity, similar in texture to clay or dough, typically used in domestic construction and repair as a sealant or filler. Although some types of putty (typically those using linseed oil) slowly polymerise and become stiff, many putties can be reworked indefinitely, in contrast to other types of filler which typically set solid relatively rapidly.
ChatGPT
putty
Putty is a type of soft, malleable substance primarily used in construction and repair as a sealant or filler. It is often used to secure glass panes in window frames, fill holes or cracks in wood and walls, or as an adhesive in certain types of carpentry or craft work. It can come in various types, each having specific properties and uses, including glazing putty, epoxy putty, and plumber's putty.
Webster Dictionary
Puttynoun
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
Puttyverb
to cement, or stop, with putty
Etymology: [Hind. pai ribbon, brace, tie.]
Wikidata
PuTTY
PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet and rlogin. The name "PuTTY" has no definitive meaning, though "tty" is the name for a terminal in the Unix tradition, usually held to be short for Teletype. PuTTY was originally written for Microsoft Windows, but it has been ported to various other operating systems. Official ports are available for some Unix-like platforms, with work-in-progress ports to Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X, and unofficial ports have been contributed to platforms such as Symbian and Windows Mobile. PuTTY was written and is maintained primarily by Simon Tatham and is currently beta software.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Putty
put′i, n. an oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, &c.—jewellers' putty: a cement of whiting and linseed-oil, used in glazing windows: a fine cement of lime only—plasterers' putty.—v.t. to fix or fill with putty:—pa.t. and pa.p. putt′ied.—n. Putt′ier, a glazier.—adj. Putt′y-faced, having a face resembling putty in pastiness or colour.—ns. Putt′y-knife, a knife with a blunt, flexible blade for laying on putty; Putt′y-pow′der, an artificially prepared oxide of tin used for polishing glass; Putt′y-root, an American orchid the corm of whose root-stock contains a highly glutinous matter; Putt′y-work, decoration in a soft substance which grows very hard. [O. Fr. potée, properly that which is contained in a pot, Fr. pot.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PUTTY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Putty is ranked #62359 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Putty surname appeared 321 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Putty.
76.9% or 247 total occurrences were White.
10.2% or 33 total occurrences were Black.
5.9% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
5.6% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of putty in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of putty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of putty in a Sentence
We can't say things are better, or that slave labor has migrated to the cities, and it's almost impossible to calculate numbers, slave labor is like Silly Putty. Every time you squeeze it, it assumes a different form.
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