putty

Etymology 1

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

noun

1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix 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.

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

verb

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

Etymology 2

adj

1. (pronunciation spelling) pretty; purdy

Etymology 3

noun

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