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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Gliadin :: Gliadin (n.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin..
Colloid :: Colloid (a.) Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors..
Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense..
Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..
Englue :: Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued..
Glueyness :: Glueyness (n.) Viscidity.
Papier-mache :: Papier-mache (n.) A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds..
Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (v. t.) To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
Glued :: Glued (imp. & p. p.) of Glu.
Gluish :: Gluish (a.) Somewhat gluey.
Sizing :: Sizing (n.) A weak glue used in various trades; size.
Glue :: Glue (n.) To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten..
Goudron :: Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts..
Glue :: 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..
Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Agglutinant :: Agglutinant (a.) Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion..
Spetches :: Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made..
Size :: Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like..
Glew :: Glew (n.) See Glue.
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