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glueGLUE, n. glu. [L. gluten.] Inspissated animal gluten; a tenacious, viscid matter, which serves as a cement to unite other substances. It is made of the skins, parings, &c. of animals, as of oxen, calves or sheep, by boiling them to a jelly. GLUE, v.t. To join with glue or a viscous substance. Cabinet makers glue together some parts of furniture. [This word is now seldom used in a figurative sense. The phrases,to glue friends together, vices glue us to low pursuits or pleasures, found in writers of the last century, are not now used, or are deemed inelegant.] |