glu

From English glue, from Middle English glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten.

glu

1. (rare) glue; or any sticky adhesive substance

glu

1. (rare) to glue; to join or attach something using glue

From Old French, from Late Latin glūtem, from Latin glūten.

• IPA^(key): /ɡly/

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glu f (plural glus)

1. glue
2. birdlime (sticky substance to catch birds)

• dégluer
• engluer

• “glu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

glu

1. Alternative form of glew (“glue”).
   • a. 1393, John Gower, “Tale of Jason and Medea”, in G. C. Macaulay, editor, The English Works of John Gower, volume II, London: Early English Text Society, published 1901, lines 3603–7, page 45:

     Sche tok him thanne a maner glu, / The which was of so great vertu, / That where a man it wolde caste, / It scholde bind anon so faste / That noman mihte it don aweie.

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