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Colloid :: Colloid (a.) Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors..

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..

Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..

Sizing :: Sizing (n.) A weak glue used in various trades; size.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..

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..

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..

Gluish :: Gluish (a.) Somewhat gluey.

Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Spetches :: Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made..

Osteocolla :: Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.

Glutinate :: Glutinate (v. t.) To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..

Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..

Propolis :: Propolis (n.) Same as Bee glue, under Bee..

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..

Sticking :: Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste..

Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

Size :: Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc..

Englue :: Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued..

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