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A polishing powder
Answer for the clue "A polishing powder ", 5 letters:
tutty
Word definitions for tutty in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^ ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin .] (Chem.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A powdered form of impure zinc oxide used for polishing
Usage examples of tutty.
How far the qualities of antimony and of zinc may render them liable to be mistaken for each other, I do not pretend to judge, but upon this point there seems to exist a degree of uncertainty that may excuse our author, if he supposed that the former, instead of the latter, was employed in the Manufacture of tutia or tutty.