Put′ty.
1. (Glazing.) A composition of pounded whiting and linseed-oil, beaten up into a tough, tenacious cement. It is used for securing window-panes in sash, in stopping (badigcon) crevices in wood-work which is to be painted, and for various other work for which its present plasticity and future hardness adapt it. Some trades employ glue-putty, in which hot melted glue is substituted for the oil.
2. (Plastering.) A fine mortar, nearly all lime, used in stopping crevices of shrinkage.