glue, glu, glew, glewe

[O. Fr. glu, from Low Lat. glutem, acc us. of glus = glue. Allied to Lat. gluten, glutinum glue, from a verb * gluo = to draw together.] I. Literally : 1. A viscous substance made of the chippings of hides, horns, and hoofs, which are washed in limewater, boiled, skimmed, strained, evaporated, cooled in molds, cut into slices, and dried upon nets. "Great cunning there is in making strong glew , and in the feat of joyning with it."- P . Holland : Pliny , bk. xvi., ch. xliii. 2. Any sticky or viscous substance. "For what glue or cement holds the parts of hard matter in stones and metals together." - H. More: Immortality of the Soul , bk. i., ch. vii. *II. Fig .: Any means or cause which unites or tends to unite bodies; a source of union; a link. "The body of priests is copious, being joined together by the glue of mutual concord, and the bond of unity." Barrow: Of the Pope's Supremacy. (1) White fish - glue , or diamond cement , is made of isingla di olved in alcohol. (2) Marine glue of shellac and caoutchouc. equal parts, di olved in separate portions of naphtha, and then mixed. (3) Isingla glue , of isingla soaked in cold water; when swelled, put in spirits of wine; heated in a bottle plunged in a bath, with powdered chalk added. (4) Waterproof - glue , of two ounces of isingla boiled in a pint of skim-milk, until the requisite consistence is obtained. glue-boiler, s. glue. 1. A convenient apparatus for boiling skins into 2. One whose busine or trade is to make glue. glue-can, s. [GLUE-POT.]