Glue

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glue \Glue\ (gl[=u]), n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from
     gluere to draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.
  
     {Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
        and bladders; isinglass.
  
     {Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
        
  
     {Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid or
        alcohol.
  
     {Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
        shellac, used in shipbuilding.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glue \Glue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gluing}.] [F. gluer. See {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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This cold, congealed blood
           That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glue
       n : cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
           adhesive [syn: {gum}, {mucilage}]
       v 1: join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign ont
            the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text"
            [syn: {paste}]
       2: be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "glue":
     accouple, accumulate, adherent, adhesive, affix, agglutinate,
     albumen, amass, articulate, assemble, associate, band, barnacle,
     batter, bind, bond, bonnyclabber, bracket, bramble, braze, bridge,
     bridge over, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, cement, chain, clabber,
     clap together, collect, combine, comprise, concatenate,
     conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, cornstarch,
     couple, cover, cream, curd, decal, decalcomania, dough, egg white,
     embrace, encompass, fix, fuse, gather, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair,
     glop, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gum, gumbo, gunk, include,
     jam, jell, jelly, join, knot, lay together, league, leech, limpet,
     link, loblolly, lump together, marry, marshal, mass, merge,
     mobilize, molasses, mucilage, mucus, pair, pap, paste,
     piece together, plaster, porridge, prickle, pudding, pulp, puree,
     put together, putty, remora, rob, roll into one, seal, semifluid,
     semiliquid, size, solder, soup, span, splice, starch, stick,
     stick together, sticker, sticky mess, syrup, take in, tape, thorn,
     tie, treacle, unify, unite, weld, yoke
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  glue n. Generic term for any interface logic or protocol that connects
     two component blocks. For example, {Blue Glue} is IBM's SNA protocol,
     and hardware designers call anything used to connect large VLSI's or
     circuit blocks `glue logic'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  glue
       
           A generic term for any interface logic or {protocol}
          that connects two component blocks.  For example, {Blue Glue}
          is IBM's SNA protocol, and hardware designers call anything
          used to connect large VLSI's or circuit blocks "glue logic".
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1999-02-22)