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語源 1

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʌti/
• 韻: -ʌti

名詞

putty (countable and uncountable, plural putties)

1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
2. Any of a range of similar substances.
   1. An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
   2. A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
3. (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

派生語

形容詞

putty (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

動詞

putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)

1. (transitive) To fix or fill using putty.

派生語

語源 2

名詞

putty (plural putties)

1. Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).
   • 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 22:

     “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’