Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will
not let me speak. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glue
n : cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
adhesive [syn: {gum}, {mucilage}]
v 1: join or attach with glue [syn: {paste}]
2: be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"
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