Definition of glue

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Glue (n.) A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances..

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Sticking :: Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste..
Backing :: Backing (n.) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover..
Englue :: Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued..
Osteocolla :: Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water..
Spetches :: Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made..
Back :: Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc..
Glued :: Glued (imp. & p. p.) of Glu.
Stripped :: Stringy (a.) Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely..
Cement :: Cement (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like..
Isinglass :: Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue..
Size :: Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc..
Gluer :: Gluer (n.) One who cements with glue.
Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..
Gluepot :: Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue..
Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (a.) Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance..
Unglue :: Unglue (v. t.) To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue..
Glueyness :: Glueyness (n.) Viscidity.
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