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tutty (tut′ē)

noun

crude zinc oxide obtained from the flues of smelting furnaces

Etymology: ME tutie < MFr < Ar tūtiyā, zinc oxide, prob. via Pers < Sans tuttha, blue vitriol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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