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Definition of Red-lead putty
1. Noun. A cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-lead Putty
Literary usage of Red-lead putty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1892)
"Red Lead Putty Making. The red lead (if all red lead be used) should be mixed
... White and Red Lead Putty-making If white and red putty will answer your ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Small leaks in the form of pinholes in the suction pipe can generally be stopped
effectually by a thick coat of red-lead putty spread over the pipe where ..."
3. Practical Ship Production by Andrew Williams Carmichael (1919)
"filled with red lead putty and connected to the part to be gunned as shown in
... Red lead putty gun. Calking is tested by filling the compartment adjacent ..."
4. Practical Ship Production by Andrew Williams Carmichael (1919)
"filled with red lead putty and connected to the part to be gunned as shown in
... Red lead putty gun. Calking is tested by filling the compartment adjacent ..."
5. Handbook for the Care and Operation of Naval Machinery by Henry Charles Dinger (1908)
"Wire gauze and red-lead putty, made of red lead, linseed oil and small pieces of
hemp, is also used on large steam joints. The wire is flattened out and ..."
6. Home Mechanic by John Wright (1905)
"Before leaving the subject of putty, reference should be made to white lead and
red lead putty, both of which are strong poisons, and should be handled as ..."
7. A Textbook on Steam Engineering by International Correspondence Schools (1902)
"Small leaks in the form of pinholes in the suction pipe can generally be stopped
effectually by a thick coat of red-lead putty spread over the pipe where ..."
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