Putrification
(Pu`tri*fi*ca"tion) n. Putrefaction.
Putrify
(Pu"tri*fy) v. t. & i. To putrefy.
Putrilage
(Pu"tri*lage) n. [F. putrilage, L. putrilago putrefaction.] That which is undergoing putrefaction; the
products of putrefaction.
Putry
(Pu"try) a. Putrid. [Obs.] Marston.
Putry
(Pu"try), n. Putage. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Putter
(Put"ter) n.
1. One who puts or plates.
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
Putter
(Put"ter) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering.] [See Potter.] To act inefficiently
or idly; to trifle; to potter.
Putter-on
(Put"ter-on`) n. An instigator. Shak.
Puttier
(Put"ti*er) n. One who putties; a glazier.
Putting
(Put"ting) n. The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from
the shoulder; — originally, a Scottish game.
Putting stone,
a heavy stone used in the game of putting.
Puttock
(Put"tock) n. [Cf. Pout a young bird, Poult.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European kite. (b) The buzzard.
(c) The marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Puttock
(Put"tock), n. (Naut.) See Futtock. [Obs.]
Putty
(Put"ty) n. [F. potée, 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.
Putty
(Put"ty), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puttied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttying.] To cement, or stop, with putty.
Putty-faced
(Put"ty-faced`) a. White-faced; — used contemptuously. Clarke.
Puttyroot
(Put"ty*root`) n. (Bot.) An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers
in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly
glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-
Eve.
Put-up
(Put"-up) a. Arranged; plotted; — in a bad sense; as, a put-up job. [Colloq.]
Puy
(Pu"y) n. See Poy.
Puzzel
(Puz"zel) n. [Cf. F. pucelle a virgin.] A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.