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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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)
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