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Definition of Putty knife
1. Noun. A spatula used to mix or apply putty.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putty Knife
Literary usage of Putty knife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1866)
"How TO MAKE A putty knife. — Take a piece of band iron about one- eighth of an
inch thick and an inch and Fig. 1.— A putty knife. a nalf ..."
2. House Decoration: Comprising Whitewashing, Paperhanging, Painting, Etc by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1897)
"53 are more properly glaziers' knives than house painters' ; the first is the
putty knife, indispensable for glazing sashes, and the latter the hacking ..."
3. Woodworking for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs by Charles Gardner Wheeler (1907)
"Putty-Knife.—An old case-knife can be used (better if re shaped squarely across
or to an obtuse angle), or, in fact, any knife, but a regular putty-knife is ..."
4. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"Have ready a board eighteen by eighteen inches and a square headed putty knife.
Ppur some of the already mixed stock on this board and add more dry cement, ..."
5. Farm Mechanies by Fred Duane Crawshaw, Emil Wilhelm Lehmann (1922)
"(3) Now, with the left hand preceding the right hand, and with the putty knife
in position against the glass, feed the putty with the thumb and the first ..."
6. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"When you can no longer work it with the putty knife sprinkle FIG. ... With a
putty knife or old kitchen knife apply a ridge of this cement along each edge ..."
7. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"In the mixing of putty, use a stiff putty knife, and mix a large quantity at ...
A good putty knife for puttying gears may be made out of an old %-inch wide ..."
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