GLUING

Verb

gluing

present participle of glue

Noun

gluing (plural gluings)

The act of attaching something with glue.

(topology) A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines.

Anagrams

• Guling, luging

Source: Wiktionary

GLUE

Glue, n. Etym: [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.]

Definition: 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.

Glue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glued; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] Etym: [F. gluer. See Glue, n.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition