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Gluey

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glue  (gl)
n.
1.
a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.
b. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.
2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.
tr.v. glued, glu·ing, glues
1. To stick or fasten with or as if with glue.
2. To fasten on something attentively: Our eyes were glued to the stage.
[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin gls, glt-, from Latin glten.]
gluey adj.
glui·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Glueygluey - having the sticky properties of an adhesive
glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous, pasty
adhesive - tending to adhere
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For that,' Mr Wegg inwardly decides, as he takes a corrective sniff or two, 'is musty, leathery, feathery, cellary, gluey, gummy, and,' with another sniff, 'as it might be, strong of old pairs of bellows.
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