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glue
[gloo] 
noun, verb, glued, glu⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive. |
| 2. | any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive. |
| 3. | any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to join or fasten with glue. |
| 5. | to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes fol. by up). |
| 6. | to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely: to glue a model ship together. |
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME glu, gleu < OF glu < L glūt- (s. of glūs); c. Gk gloiós gum, anything sticky; (v.) ME glywen, glewen, deriv. of the n.
1300–50; (n.) ME glu, gleu < OF glu < L glūt- (s. of glūs); c. Gk gloiós gum, anything sticky; (v.) ME glywen, glewen, deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
gluelike, adjective
gluer, noun
Synonyms:
4. paste, gum, stick, cement, plaster.
4. paste, gum, stick, cement, plaster.
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| glue (glōō) n.
[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.] glu'ey adj., glu'i·ness n. |
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Glue
Glue\, 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. 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 oralcohol. Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.
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Language Translation for : glue
Spanish:
cola, pegamento,
German:
der Klebstoff,
Japanese:
接着剤
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'.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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glue
c.1330, from O.Fr. glu, from L.L. glus (gen. glutis) "glue," from L. gluten "glue," from PIE *gleit- "to glue, paste" (cf. Lith. glitus "sticky," glitas "mucus;" O.E. cliða "plaster").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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glue jargon
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".
[The Jargon File]
(1999-02-22)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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