tutty

[ tuht-ee ]

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.

Origin of tutty

1
1350–1400; Middle English tutie<Middle French <Medieval Latin tūtia<Arabic tūtiyā oxide of zinc <Persian <Sanskrit tuttham blue vitriol

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tutty

/ (ˈtʌtɪ) /


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

Origin of tutty

1
C14: from Old French tutie, from Arabic tūtiyā, probably from Persian, from Sanskrit tuttha

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