tutty

tutty
/tut"ee/, n.
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.
[1350-1400; ME tutie < MF < ML tutia < Ar tutiya oxide of zinc < Pers < Skt tuttham blue vitriol]

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