Used loosely for any substance that serves as a cement. marine glue (see quot. 1876).

A semi-solid glutinous substance, prepared from materials similar to those which furnish glue, and used to mix with colours, to dress cloth or…

gen. Any substance applied in a soft or glutinous state to the surfaces of solid bodies to make them cohere firmly.

transferred. Any binding or uniting substance. rare.

Latin form of cement, n.; occasionally used in some senses, esp. 4.

Any sticky substance; a gum or glue. rare.

Anything which causes bodies to adhere or stick together; a cement.

An agent that conglutinates.

= gluten, n. 1 3 Obsolete.

(a kind of) glue made from cheese.

An adhesive, a glue; (also) a binding agent. Also figurative.

A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

A very sticky, adhesive, or viscous substance. Also figurative.

a solution of potassium silicate used as an adhesive cement; = potassium waterglass at water glass, n. 5.

A viscous sticky substance, esp. one produced from an industrial process; (also) = stickwater n. at stick, v.1 compounds 1.

a substance that assists cohesion (cf. bind, v. 10).

A substance that makes something sticky; an adhesive agent or ingredient.

Building. The binding or connecting together (bricks, stones, or parts of a structure) by making them overlap and hold together; also, binding or…

Something that causes or promotes agglomeration, esp. an apparatus or device, or (occasionally) a binding substance.