Definitions For Glew

Etymology 1

From {{bor, enm, fro, glu}}, from {{der, enm, LL., glūs}}, from {{der, enm, la, glūten}}, from {{der, enm, itc-pro, *gloiten}}.

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, glu, glue, glewe, gleu, glowe, glyw, glyu, gleuwe, gluwe}}

Pronunciation

{{IPA, enm, /ɡliu̯/}}

Noun

{{enm-noun, glewes}} {{senseid, enm, glue}} A adhesive or adherent; something that binds: glue; a substance designed to adhere two things together. birdlime; a trap or capturing mechanism. {{quote-book, enm, year=a. 1384, author=w:John Wyclif, chapter=On Dai of Many Martris, trans-chapter=On the Day of Many Martyrs, editor=w:Thomas Arnold, title=Select English Works of John Wyclif, volume=I, location=Oxford, publisher=Clarendon Press, year_published=1869, page=223, pageurl=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/afb3713.0001.001/261:AFB3713.0001.001, passage=Cunne we wel Goddis lawe, and loke wher Fariseis grounden hem in it; and if þei done not, flee we her sentence as heresie or fendis glewe.}} A tar or resin; any natural adherent.

Related terms

{{l, enm, glewen}} {{l, enm, glewer}} {{l, enm, glewy}} {{l, enm, glewysch}} {{l, enm, gluynge}}

Descendants

{{desc, en, glue}} {{desc, sco, glue}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=gleu , pos=n , id=MED18773 , accessdate=2018-07-1}}

Etymology 2

Noun

{{senseid, enm, knowledgeable}} {{alt form, enm, gleu}}.

Etymology 3

Verb

{{senseid, enm, to play music}} {{alt form, enm, glewen, t=to play music, have fun, id=to play music}}.

Etymology 4

Verb

{{senseid, enm, to glue}} {{alt form, enm, glewen, t=to glue, id=to glue}}.