*glu*

a. 1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglutinating. ] [ L. agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a thing; ad + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See Glue. ] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agglutination. ] 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ] 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn. -- polysynthetic, holophrastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow; dysphagia.
Syn. -- dysphagy. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ From Conglutinate. ] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., conglutinans, p. pr. ] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglutinatus, p. p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating. ] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination. ] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conglutinatif. ] Conglutinant.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deglutinating. ] [ L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ungluing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deglutire to swallow down; de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. déglutition. See Glut. ] The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to deglutition. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dextro- + glucose. ] (Chem.) Same as Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime. ] To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Englutted p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting ] [ Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir. ] 1. To swallow or gulp down. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut. [ Obs. ] “Englutted with vanity.” Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum. ] (Chem.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr. &unr_;, sweet. Cf. Glycerin. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium. [ Formerly written also glucinium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ R. ] See Glycogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Glycogenesis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet. Cf. Glycerin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Glucose. ] (Chem.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. &unr_; urine. ] (Med.) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 or alcohol. --
Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This cold, congealed blood
That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. affixed with glue or paste.
Syn. -- pasted, stuck to(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having the attention so concentrated as to be difficult to cause a person to leave; as, glued to the television set; The audience was glued to their seats. [ metaphorical ]
Syn. -- riveted. [ PJC ]

n. A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cements with glue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Viscidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat gluey. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gloom. ] Sullenness. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moody; silent; sullen. [ 1913 Webster ]

I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [ Obs. ] Hawes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. glumancé. See Glume. ] Having glumes; consisting of glumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume. ] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. Gray.

{ } n. [ F. glumelle, dim. of glume. ] (Bot.) One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gloom. ] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]