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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 673 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUTTY , originally See also:

tin See also:oxide in a See also:state of See also:fine See also:division used-for polishing See also:glass, See also:granite, &c., now known as "putty See also:powder" or " polisher's putty " (from O. Fr. potee, a potful, hence See also:brass, tin, See also:pewter, &c., calcined in a pot). More commonly the See also:term is applied to a See also:kind of See also:cement composed of fine powdered See also:chalk intimately mixed with See also:linseed oil„ either boiled or raw, to the consistency of a tough dough. It is principally used by glaziers for bedding and fixing sheets of glass in windows and other frames, and by joiners and painters for filling up See also:nail-holes and other inequalities in the See also:surface of woodwork. The oxidation of the oil gradually hardens the putty into a very dense adherent See also:mass, but when it is required to dry quickly, boiled oil and sometimes litharge and other driers are used. The word is also used of a fine See also:lime cement employed by masons.

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