| 单词 | fishglue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfish-glue fish-glue n. glue obtained from the bladders and sounds of fish, isinglass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > animal- or fish-derived glue gluec1400 mouth gluec1540 fish-glue1601 taurocol1678 sturgeon glue1907 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 438 This fish-glew [Ichthyocolla] is thought to be best, that is brought out of Pontus. 1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 116 Isinglass, or Fish-glew. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 181 Isinglass or Fish-glue is the prepared air-bladder or swimming-bladder of the sturgeon. fish-glue 2. A hard, brittle, brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling the hides and hoofs of animals to a jelly; when gently heated with water, it is used as a cement for uniting substances. fish-glue (see fish n.1 Compounds 2b). Dutch or Flanders glue: a very fine kind of glue. lip-glue: a compound of glue and sugar, which can be used by moistening with the tongue. See also mouth glue n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > animal- or fish-derived glue gluec1400 mouth gluec1540 fish-glue1601 taurocol1678 sturgeon glue1907 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 135 As it were two bordis weren ioyned togidere with cole or with glu. 1456 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 187 Italian in gluwe ad idem opus [bookbinding]..iiijd. c1520 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 206 Item pro j lib. le glew, 3d. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 30 Dippe your hande in molten glewe. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxvi. 175 Just as glue is betwixt two boards to hold them fast together. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 180 Leaving it to dry..to the Consistence of Flanders Glue. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 224 Aukward joinings by seams, tenons, nails, and glues, betraying the imperfections of their workman to the eye. 1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 377 An odour of burned horn or glue. < as lemmas |
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