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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: glue n : a strong liquid cement [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" From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: glueA 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)
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