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Putty

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.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cement 76% connected

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

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Filler 76% connected

One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.

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