Putty

n. [Fr. potée, Sp. & Pg. potea.] A kind of paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough;—used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, or the like.

Putty powder, an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass and other hard substances.