tutty

American  

[tuht-ee] / ˈtʌt i /

noun

1. an impure oxide of zinc obtained from the flues of smelting furnaces, or a similar substance occurring as a native mineral, used chiefly as a polishing powder.

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tutty British  

/ ˈtʌtɪ /

noun

1. finely powdered impure zinc oxide obtained from the flues of zinc-smelting furnaces and used as a polishing powder

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Etymology

Origin of tutty

1350–1400; Middle English tutie < Middle French < Medieval Latin tūtia < Arabic tūtiyā oxide of zinc < Persian < Sanskrit tuttham blue vitriol

Example Sentences

The old English form, tussy-mose was allied with tosty, a bouquet, tuss and tusk, a wisp, as of hay, tussock, and tutty, a nosegay.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

Melt the wax with the lard over a gentle fire, and sprinkle in the tutty, continually stirring them till the ointment is cold.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Upon the mantle-tree, for I am a pretty curious observer, stood a pot of lambative electuary, with a stick of liquorice, and near it a phial of rose-water, and powder of tutty.

From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir

This is made of four ounces of fresh lard, two drams of white wax, and one ounce of prepared tutty.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

This was the impure protoxide of zinc deposited in the furnace outlets, and is modern "tutty."

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius