glue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glue	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for glue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glue n cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive Synonym(s): glue, gum, mucilage v join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" Synonym(s): glue, paste be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"
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 Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)