putty vs putty knife

putty

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

  • A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers. 

  • A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha. 

  • An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc. 

verb
  • To fix or fill using putty. 

adj
  • pretty; purdy 

  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty. 

putty knife

noun
  • A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions. 

  • A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks. 

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