putty powder

noun

1. an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.

putty powder

noun

1. a powder, either tin oxide or tin and lead oxide, used for polishing glassware, metal, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of putty powder¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The four Dillons, of Ballyhaunis, gave out to their grooms a large assortment of pipe-clay and putty-powder.

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There is a finishing process of polishing with putty powder.

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For example, one part by weight of tin becomes, on calcining, 1.271 parts of oxide (putty powder).

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A dry leather should then remove the oil, and a polish should afterwards be given with putty powder on a dry clean leather.

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Polishing is effected by wooden wheels fed with wet pumice-powder and rottenstone and by brushes fed with moistened putty-powder.

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