PUTTY  , originally See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin See also:

• OXIDE

oxide in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division used-for polishing See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, &c., now known as "putty See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder" or " polisher's putty " (from O . Fr. potee, a potful, hence See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass, tin, See also:

• PEWTER

pewter, &c., calcined in a pot) . More commonly the See also:

• TERM

term is applied to a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement composed of fine powdered See also:

• CHALK

chalk intimately mixed with See also:

• LINSEED

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 (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail-holes and other inequalities in the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of woodwork . The oxidation of the oil gradually hardens the putty into a very dense adherent See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

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
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime cement employed by masons .