putty
noun
[ ˈpʌti ]
• a soft, malleable greyish-yellow paste, made from ground chalk and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used for sealing glass in window frames and filling holes in wood.
• "countersink the screws so they can be covered with putty"
• a polishing powder, usually made from tin oxide, used in jewellery work.
putty
verb
• seal or cover (something) with putty.
• "give me a minute until I putty these windows in"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French potée, literally ‘potful’, from pot ‘pot’.
