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marine glue

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
      vessel.

   {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.

   {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
      including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.

   {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
      lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.

   {Marine law}. See under {Law}.

   {Marine league}, three geographical miles.

   {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
      for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.

   {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
      quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
      

   {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
      bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

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®

marine glue
     n : glue that is not water soluble
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