資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Putty \Put"ty\, n. [F. pot['e]e, fr. pot pot; what was formerly
   called putty being a substance resembling what is now called
   putty powder, and in part made of the metal of old pots. See
   {Pot}.]
   A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or
   soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten
   or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening
   glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.

   {Putty powder}, an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in
      various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal,
      precious stones, etc.