adhesiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ədˈ(h)iːsɪv/,

/ədˈ(h)iːzɪv/,

/adˈ(h)iːsɪv/,

/adˈ(h)iːzɪv/, U.S.

/ædˈ(h)izɪv/,

/ədˈ(h)izɪv/,

/ædˈ(h)isɪv/,

/ədˈ(h)isɪv/

Forms: 1600s adhæsive, 1600s– adhesive.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adhésif; Latin adhaesivus.

Etymology: < French adhésif (adjective) having the ability to stick or join, sticky (1478 in Middle French), (in medicine) designating an inflammation that causes the adhesion of organs or structures which are usually separate (1866), (noun) (in medicine) sticky substance used for attaching dressings to the skin (1790 or earlier) and its etymon post-classical Latin adhaesivus having the property of adhering, sticky (12th or 13th cent.), expressive of adherence or assent (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin adhaes- , past participial stem of adhaerere adhere v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier adherent adj.With adhesive plaster n. at Compounds compare French emplâtre adhésif (1749 or earlier).

A. adj.

1. Having the property of physically adhering to something, sticky; (also) that has an adhesive surface or surfaces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > having adhesive quality

cleavingc1350

holdingc1400

withholdingc1430

fatc1503

gluing1572

adhering1592

viscous1605

tenacious1648

birdlimey1657

adhesive1661

agglutinating1664

sticky1688

clingy1708

adherescent1743

tacky1788

detainable1801

detentive1881

stickfast1888

stick-on1904

1661 K. Digby Disc. Vegetation Plants 33 The steams..being of a viscous and adhæsive nature..fill up with their glewy matter the intervalls between the main threds.

1692 W. Salmon tr. ‘Pseudo-Geber’ Summa in Medicina Practica ii. xlv. 353/2 The Sulphur being more burning and adhæsive to the Argent Vive.

1729 G. Smith Nature Fermentation Explain'd 21 Nothing is more viscous and adhesive than Molosses.

1778 W. Carmichael Let. 14 May in B. Franklin Papers (1987) XXVI. 451 It may not be amiss to add..a proof which we had of the adhesive force of the sucker fish.

1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II i. 36 The paste, made by boiling wheat-flour in water, ceases to be adhesive after having been frozen.

1800 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy (ed. 2) 82 The dirt adhesive loads his clouted shoes.

1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey ii. 258 The Blackpots clay is..so adhesive, that I now felt..as if I had got into a bed of birdlime.

1931 H. Battley Single Finger Prints vi. 75 A dark surface to which an adhesive preparation has been applied.

1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet (1978) viii. 87 Tendrils with adhesive discs at the ends, which secrete a glue-like substance.

1995 Lo Que Pasa 16 Nov. 2/1 Envelopes with windows and adhesive labels.

2. Steadfastly attached or committed (to something); (hence) tenacious, clinging; persistent, abiding.

ΘΚΠ

adherent?1541

stickingc1550

adhering1592

clasping1611

cleaving1641

clunging1647

tenacious1656

adhesive1663

clinginga1763

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus v. 99 The devil grew more impudent, and adhesive to his possession.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 262 To render the election of the Pope more tedious, and pernicious, that is, more adhæsive to the World.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 147 The stag... If slow, yet sure, adhesive to the tract Hot-steaming, up behind him comes..Th'inhuman rout.

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. v. 338 Her Father in prison!.. The picture was too horrible for her view, yet too adhesive to all her thoughts..to be removed from them a moment.

c1818 J. Porter Let. in J. Keats Life & Lett. (1969) 149 I was also very unwell with my still-adhesive cold.

1854 Rept. & Charts of Cruise of U.S. Brig Dolphin 58 There is abundant authority for the substantive, adhesive, and propagatory character of this infectious principle.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 180 She..realized what a handicap an adhesive family can be to a young girl.

1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth iii. xviii. 58 That traditional spoilsport, an adhesive kid brother.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 8/2 The satirist..looks back to a golden age of braver spirits and more adhesive allegiances.

B. n.

†a. = adhesive plaster n. (a) at Compounds. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress

plasterOE

clydec1325

emplastera1382

entretea1400

pottagea1400

poulticea1400

faldellac1400

treatc1400

Gratia Dei?a1425

magdaleon?a1425

strictorya1425

grace of Godc1450

emplastrum?1541

malagma?1541

sparadrap1543

spasmadrap?a1547

plasture?1550

mustard plaster1562

cataplasm1563

oint-plaster1578

quilt1583

compress1599

compression1599

diachylum-plaster1599

pulment1599

pulvinar1599

frontlet1600

sinapism1601

epithemation1615

diapalma1646

opodeldoc1646

attraction1656

treacle plaster1659

melilot emplaster1676

stay1676

oxycroceum1696

melilot plaster1712

adhesive1753

bag1753

mustard poultice1765

soap plaster1789

water dressing1830

poor man's plaster1833

compressor1851

spongiopiline1851

vinegar-poultice1854

water-strapping1854

pitch-plaster1858

jacket poultice1862

mustard leaf1869

mustard paper1874

piline1874

plaster-mull1890

mustard cloth1897

plaster-muslin1899

antiphlogistin1901

1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 498/1 These plasters are used chiefly as adhesives, for keeping on other dressings.

b. = adhesive plaster n. (b) at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster

patch?c1425

sticking plaster1584

dry stitch1674

strap1749

sticking silk1766

court-plaster1773

adhesive bandage1797

strapping1818

adhesive1835

Band-Aid1924

Elastoplast1928

1835 J. C. Spender Observ. Causes & Treatm. Ulcerous Dis. of Leg 126 If any great pressure at all is required at the very extremity of the heel,..it is accomplished by using one strip of adhesive, either before or after placing the bandage.

1856 Buffalo Med. Jrnl. Sept. 231 The flaps of skin came readily together, and were secured by sutures and adhesives.

1917 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 169/2 Anticipating a haematoma in the wound, a pad of several pieces of gauze was placed firmly against it with several strips of adhesive.

2010 L. King Father of Rain 320 In the first one [sc. cubicle] is a black man with wires attached all over his bare chest by round adhesives that are not his skin color.

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

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun]

gluea1382

size1530

cement1562

solder1582

cementum1617

gluten1639

binder1678

conglutinatora1728

glutin1825

cheese cement1839

agglutinant1844

adhesive1849

stickum1877

stickall1880

stick1891

binding agent1933

tackifier1942

bonding1958

agglomerator1975

1849 Proc. Ohio Med. Convent. 41 Over every other adhesive, the Collodion in certain cases possesses one important advantage.

1912 Sci. Amer. 17 Aug. 144/3 Gluten, gum arabic, dextrine, are also..used, though their use is mainly that of simple adhesives.

1958 Observer 11 May 10/3 There is no universal adhesive. If the manufacturer claims that the adhesive is good for leather, it probably is. It's no good using it for a teacup handle.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 June 50/1 The resulting tape consisted of cotton duck covered by rubber-based adhesive on one side and polyethylene on the other.

b. Philately. Short for adhesive stamp n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp

postage stamp1829

stamp1837

label1839

head1840

queen's head1840

postage label1852

adhesive1854

sticker1863

1854 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Nov. 339/1 The ‘adhesives’ have occupied a vast amount of ingenuity in bringing them to perfection.

1881 Stamp-Collector's Ann. 9 The 5, 20, and 50 pf. adhesives have now followed the example of the 10 pf.

1893 H. Ewen (title) Priced catalogue of the used postage adhesives of Great Britain.

1921 Times 21 Feb. 13/1 Registered letters which reached London from Vladivostock last week were franked with Russian adhesives of the old régime.

1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 48 A few instances of adhesives cancelled in both red and black Maltese Crosses are known.

1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 56/1 Regummed and cleaned stamps, covers with added adhesives and postmarks..the scope for fakery in the stamp world is immense.

Compounds

adhesive bandage n. = adhesive plaster n. (b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster

patch?c1425

sticking plaster1584

dry stitch1674

strap1749

sticking silk1766

court-plaster1773

adhesive bandage1797

strapping1818

adhesive1835

Band-Aid1924

Elastoplast1928

1797 G. Kellie Let. 23 Aug. in Annals Med. 1797 (1798) 2 ii. v. 272 The ulcer no way improved, the adhesive bandage was removed and applied every morning, with every possible precaution.

1863 Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. Feb. 100 The wound was closed with sutures and adhesive bandage.

1922 W. Cather One of Ours v. xii. 403 M. Joubert, seeing Claude's ankle strapped up in adhesive bandages, began to chuckle.

2010 A. Leigh Billionaire's Baby Plan xiv. 206 Lisa stared at her arm, noticing for the first time the little adhesive bandage holding a wad of cotton in the fold of her elbow.

adhesive envelope n. an envelope having a flap coated with gum or with a layer of glue which becomes sticky when moistened.

ΚΠ

1847 Times 27 Feb. 11/1 A quire box of cream laid paper..and 24 adhesive envelopes to match.

1885 Truth 28 May 844/1 The danger of licking adhesive stamps and envelopes.

1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier 177 Will had broken open the high-class adhesive envelope and was already absorbed in the letter.

2007 W. M. Dale & W. S. Decker Crime Scene 68 Saliva from adhesive envelope flaps may contain DNA.

adhesive organ n. Zoology any of various structures, such as a sucker, by which an animal (esp. an aquatic invertebrate or a fish) can adhere to a surface.

ΚΠ

1806 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes IV. Descr. Pl. LXXV. The lump sucker, which..they find abundantly common, attached under water to the rocks by means of their adhesive organ, or sucker.

1924 Ecology 5 146 This is an adhesive organ of considerable power, as shown by the strength with which nymphs adhere to rocks or aquaria.

1967 Exper. Parasitol. 21 388/1 Hydrolysis of host nervous tissue by the lappets and adhesive organ of the metacercaria of the strigeid Diplostomium phoxini.

2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 74 Each fry is born with an adhesive organ that it immediately uses to adhere to bottom vegetation.

adhesive plaster n. (a) a medicated paste containing one or more sticky ingredients, used as a poultice or to attach a dressing or bandage to the skin (now rare); (b) (in later use) material used to dress superficial wounds of the skin, consisting of fabric or (later) plastic spread with an adhesive substance; a strip, patch, etc., of such material, now esp. one incorporating a gauze dressing; also figurative; cf. sticking plaster n., Band-Aid n.

ΚΠ

1714 D. Turner De Morbis Cutaneis ii. ii. 146 If the Hair..lies in the Way, they are first of all to be taken away,..drawing them up all at once (tho' painfully) by a Pitch or other common adhesive Plaister.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 522 The wound of the integuments was contracted with strips of adhesive plaster.

1917 H. V. Arny Princ. Pharmacy (ed. 2) xxi. 341 Emplastrum belladonnæ... An adhesive plaster containing 30 per cent. of extract of belladonna leaves.

1970 T. Draper Rediscov. Black Nationalism xi. 175 Whether any ‘federalism’ could be much more than an adhesive plaster on a torn and bleeding body politic strikes me as very doubtful.

2002 D. Hart Crooked Cross Factor xv. 164 I put a hand up gingerly to the back of my head. Someone had stuck an adhesive plaster over the cut and bruised flesh.

adhesive stamp n. an adhesive postage stamp (as contrasted with one impressed on a card, wrapper, etc.); cf. postage stamp n. 1.

ΚΠ

1839 Times 29 July 6/3 The committee of stationers do not think it necessary to reply to Mr. Dickinson's objections to the use of adhesive stamps.

1881 Stamp-Collector's Ann. 9 The penny adhesive stamp of the new type..appeared on the 1st of January.

1907 Post Office Guide Jan. 139 Embossed or impressed postage stamps cut out of envelopes, post-cards, letter-cards, newspaper wrappers, or telegram forms may be used as adhesive stamps in payment of postage.

1946 Act 9 & 10 Geo. VI c. 67. 720 Contributions..are payable by means of adhesive stamps.

2007 Stamp & Coin Mart Jan. 4/2 Will this new E-volution in the way we shop for stamps impact on the demand for adhesive stamps?

adhesive tape n. a strip of paper, plastic, or film coated with adhesive, used to mask or insulate something, or to stick two things together.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape

adhesive tape1887

sticky tape1890

duck tape1899

passepartout1910

durex tape1932

Scotch tape1934

durex1938

Sellotape1949

duct tape1965

1887 Electrician 13 May 12 The armature core thus formed is covered over its entire surface with adhesive tape.

1889 G. M. Hopkins Exper. Sci. (1893) xviii. 503 To insure the insulation of the magnet wire from the iron core of the magnet, the latter is covered upon the parts to be wound by adhesive tape.

1920 Education June 613 Any school room may be supplied with a sufficient amount of disinfectant, bandages and adhesive tape at a very slight expenditure.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 28/1 Seal the tin with adhesive tape.

2003 New Yorker 26 May 78/2 I carried a thick roll of Johnson & Johnson adhesive tape under the seat, for rainy day patch-ups.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adhesive
释义	adhesiveadj.n. Brit. /ədˈ(h)iːsɪv/, /ədˈ(h)iːzɪv/, /adˈ(h)iːsɪv/, /adˈ(h)iːzɪv/, U.S. /ædˈ(h)izɪv/, /ədˈ(h)izɪv/, /ædˈ(h)isɪv/, /ədˈ(h)isɪv/ Forms: 1600s adhæsive, 1600s– adhesive. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adhésif; Latin adhaesivus. Etymology: < French adhésif (adjective) having the ability to stick or join, sticky (1478 in Middle French), (in medicine) designating an inflammation that causes the adhesion of organs or structures which are usually separate (1866), (noun) (in medicine) sticky substance used for attaching dressings to the skin (1790 or earlier) and its etymon post-classical Latin adhaesivus having the property of adhering, sticky (12th or 13th cent.), expressive of adherence or assent (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin adhaes- , past participial stem of adhaerere adhere v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier adherent adj.With adhesive plaster n. at Compounds compare French emplâtre adhésif (1749 or earlier). A. adj. 1. Having the property of physically adhering to something, sticky; (also) that has an adhesive surface or surfaces. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > having adhesive quality cleavingc1350 holdingc1400 withholdingc1430 fatc1503 gluing1572 adhering1592 viscous1605 tenacious1648 birdlimey1657 adhesive1661 agglutinating1664 sticky1688 clingy1708 adherescent1743 tacky1788 detainable1801 detentive1881 stickfast1888 stick-on1904 1661 K. Digby Disc. Vegetation Plants 33 The steams..being of a viscous and adhæsive nature..fill up with their glewy matter the intervalls between the main threds. 1692 W. Salmon tr. ‘Pseudo-Geber’ Summa in Medicina Practica ii. xlv. 353/2 The Sulphur being more burning and adhæsive to the Argent Vive. 1729 G. Smith Nature Fermentation Explain'd 21 Nothing is more viscous and adhesive than Molosses. 1778 W. Carmichael Let. 14 May in B. Franklin Papers (1987) XXVI. 451 It may not be amiss to add..a proof which we had of the adhesive force of the sucker fish. 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II i. 36 The paste, made by boiling wheat-flour in water, ceases to be adhesive after having been frozen. 1800 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy (ed. 2) 82 The dirt adhesive loads his clouted shoes. 1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey ii. 258 The Blackpots clay is..so adhesive, that I now felt..as if I had got into a bed of birdlime. 1931 H. Battley Single Finger Prints vi. 75 A dark surface to which an adhesive preparation has been applied. 1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet (1978) viii. 87 Tendrils with adhesive discs at the ends, which secrete a glue-like substance. 1995 Lo Que Pasa 16 Nov. 2/1 Envelopes with windows and adhesive labels. 2. Steadfastly attached or committed (to something); (hence) tenacious, clinging; persistent, abiding. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere adherent?1541 stickingc1550 adhering1592 clasping1611 cleaving1641 clunging1647 tenacious1656 adhesive1663 clinginga1763 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus v. 99 The devil grew more impudent, and adhesive to his possession. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 262 To render the election of the Pope more tedious, and pernicious, that is, more adhæsive to the World. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 147 The stag... If slow, yet sure, adhesive to the tract Hot-steaming, up behind him comes..Th'inhuman rout. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. v. 338 Her Father in prison!.. The picture was too horrible for her view, yet too adhesive to all her thoughts..to be removed from them a moment. c1818 J. Porter Let. in J. Keats Life & Lett. (1969) 149 I was also very unwell with my still-adhesive cold. 1854 Rept. & Charts of Cruise of U.S. Brig Dolphin 58 There is abundant authority for the substantive, adhesive, and propagatory character of this infectious principle. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 180 She..realized what a handicap an adhesive family can be to a young girl. 1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth iii. xviii. 58 That traditional spoilsport, an adhesive kid brother. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 8/2 The satirist..looks back to a golden age of braver spirits and more adhesive allegiances. B. n. 1. †a. = adhesive plaster n. (a) at Compounds. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress plasterOE clydec1325 emplastera1382 entretea1400 pottagea1400 poulticea1400 faldellac1400 treatc1400 Gratia Dei?a1425 magdaleon?a1425 strictorya1425 grace of Godc1450 emplastrum?1541 malagma?1541 sparadrap1543 spasmadrap?a1547 plasture?1550 mustard plaster1562 cataplasm1563 oint-plaster1578 quilt1583 compress1599 compression1599 diachylum-plaster1599 pulment1599 pulvinar1599 frontlet1600 sinapism1601 epithemation1615 diapalma1646 opodeldoc1646 attraction1656 treacle plaster1659 melilot emplaster1676 stay1676 oxycroceum1696 melilot plaster1712 adhesive1753 bag1753 mustard poultice1765 soap plaster1789 water dressing1830 poor man's plaster1833 compressor1851 spongiopiline1851 vinegar-poultice1854 water-strapping1854 pitch-plaster1858 jacket poultice1862 mustard leaf1869 mustard paper1874 piline1874 plaster-mull1890 mustard cloth1897 plaster-muslin1899 antiphlogistin1901 1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 498/1 These plasters are used chiefly as adhesives, for keeping on other dressings. b. = adhesive plaster n. (b) at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster patch?c1425 sticking plaster1584 dry stitch1674 strap1749 sticking silk1766 court-plaster1773 adhesive bandage1797 strapping1818 adhesive1835 Band-Aid1924 Elastoplast1928 1835 J. C. Spender Observ. Causes & Treatm. Ulcerous Dis. of Leg 126 If any great pressure at all is required at the very extremity of the heel,..it is accomplished by using one strip of adhesive, either before or after placing the bandage. 1856 Buffalo Med. Jrnl. Sept. 231 The flaps of skin came readily together, and were secured by sutures and adhesives. 1917 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 169/2 Anticipating a haematoma in the wound, a pad of several pieces of gauze was placed firmly against it with several strips of adhesive. 2010 L. King Father of Rain 320 In the first one [sc. cubicle] is a black man with wires attached all over his bare chest by round adhesives that are not his skin color. 2. a. A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] gluea1382 size1530 cement1562 solder1582 cementum1617 gluten1639 binder1678 conglutinatora1728 glutin1825 cheese cement1839 agglutinant1844 adhesive1849 stickum1877 stickall1880 stick1891 binding agent1933 tackifier1942 bonding1958 agglomerator1975 1849 Proc. Ohio Med. Convent. 41 Over every other adhesive, the Collodion in certain cases possesses one important advantage. 1912 Sci. Amer. 17 Aug. 144/3 Gluten, gum arabic, dextrine, are also..used, though their use is mainly that of simple adhesives. 1958 Observer 11 May 10/3 There is no universal adhesive. If the manufacturer claims that the adhesive is good for leather, it probably is. It's no good using it for a teacup handle. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 June 50/1 The resulting tape consisted of cotton duck covered by rubber-based adhesive on one side and polyethylene on the other. b. Philately. Short for adhesive stamp n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp postage stamp1829 stamp1837 label1839 head1840 queen's head1840 postage label1852 adhesive1854 sticker1863 1854 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 25 Nov. 339/1 The ‘adhesives’ have occupied a vast amount of ingenuity in bringing them to perfection. 1881 Stamp-Collector's Ann. 9 The 5, 20, and 50 pf. adhesives have now followed the example of the 10 pf. 1893 H. Ewen (title) Priced catalogue of the used postage adhesives of Great Britain. 1921 Times 21 Feb. 13/1 Registered letters which reached London from Vladivostock last week were franked with Russian adhesives of the old régime. 1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 48 A few instances of adhesives cancelled in both red and black Maltese Crosses are known. 1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 56/1 Regummed and cleaned stamps, covers with added adhesives and postmarks..the scope for fakery in the stamp world is immense. Compounds adhesive bandage n. = adhesive plaster n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster patch?c1425 sticking plaster1584 dry stitch1674 strap1749 sticking silk1766 court-plaster1773 adhesive bandage1797 strapping1818 adhesive1835 Band-Aid1924 Elastoplast1928 1797 G. Kellie Let. 23 Aug. in Annals Med. 1797 (1798) 2 ii. v. 272 The ulcer no way improved, the adhesive bandage was removed and applied every morning, with every possible precaution. 1863 Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. Feb. 100 The wound was closed with sutures and adhesive bandage. 1922 W. Cather One of Ours v. xii. 403 M. Joubert, seeing Claude's ankle strapped up in adhesive bandages, began to chuckle. 2010 A. Leigh Billionaire's Baby Plan xiv. 206 Lisa stared at her arm, noticing for the first time the little adhesive bandage holding a wad of cotton in the fold of her elbow. adhesive envelope n. an envelope having a flap coated with gum or with a layer of glue which becomes sticky when moistened. ΚΠ 1847 Times 27 Feb. 11/1 A quire box of cream laid paper..and 24 adhesive envelopes to match. 1885 Truth 28 May 844/1 The danger of licking adhesive stamps and envelopes. 1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier 177 Will had broken open the high-class adhesive envelope and was already absorbed in the letter. 2007 W. M. Dale & W. S. Decker Crime Scene 68 Saliva from adhesive envelope flaps may contain DNA. adhesive organ n. Zoology any of various structures, such as a sucker, by which an animal (esp. an aquatic invertebrate or a fish) can adhere to a surface. ΚΠ 1806 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes IV. Descr. Pl. LXXV. The lump sucker, which..they find abundantly common, attached under water to the rocks by means of their adhesive organ, or sucker. 1924 Ecology 5 146 This is an adhesive organ of considerable power, as shown by the strength with which nymphs adhere to rocks or aquaria. 1967 Exper. Parasitol. 21 388/1 Hydrolysis of host nervous tissue by the lappets and adhesive organ of the metacercaria of the strigeid Diplostomium phoxini. 2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 74 Each fry is born with an adhesive organ that it immediately uses to adhere to bottom vegetation. adhesive plaster n. (a) a medicated paste containing one or more sticky ingredients, used as a poultice or to attach a dressing or bandage to the skin (now rare); (b) (in later use) material used to dress superficial wounds of the skin, consisting of fabric or (later) plastic spread with an adhesive substance; a strip, patch, etc., of such material, now esp. one incorporating a gauze dressing; also figurative; cf. sticking plaster n., Band-Aid n. ΚΠ 1714 D. Turner De Morbis Cutaneis ii. ii. 146 If the Hair..lies in the Way, they are first of all to be taken away,..drawing them up all at once (tho' painfully) by a Pitch or other common adhesive Plaister. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 522 The wound of the integuments was contracted with strips of adhesive plaster. 1917 H. V. Arny Princ. Pharmacy (ed. 2) xxi. 341 Emplastrum belladonnæ... An adhesive plaster containing 30 per cent. of extract of belladonna leaves. 1970 T. Draper Rediscov. Black Nationalism xi. 175 Whether any ‘federalism’ could be much more than an adhesive plaster on a torn and bleeding body politic strikes me as very doubtful. 2002 D. Hart Crooked Cross Factor xv. 164 I put a hand up gingerly to the back of my head. Someone had stuck an adhesive plaster over the cut and bruised flesh. adhesive stamp n. an adhesive postage stamp (as contrasted with one impressed on a card, wrapper, etc.); cf. postage stamp n. 1. ΚΠ 1839 Times 29 July 6/3 The committee of stationers do not think it necessary to reply to Mr. Dickinson's objections to the use of adhesive stamps. 1881 Stamp-Collector's Ann. 9 The penny adhesive stamp of the new type..appeared on the 1st of January. 1907 Post Office Guide Jan. 139 Embossed or impressed postage stamps cut out of envelopes, post-cards, letter-cards, newspaper wrappers, or telegram forms may be used as adhesive stamps in payment of postage. 1946 Act 9 & 10 Geo. VI c. 67. 720 Contributions..are payable by means of adhesive stamps. 2007 Stamp & Coin Mart Jan. 4/2 Will this new E-volution in the way we shop for stamps impact on the demand for adhesive stamps? adhesive tape n. a strip of paper, plastic, or film coated with adhesive, used to mask or insulate something, or to stick two things together. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > adhesive tape adhesive tape1887 sticky tape1890 duck tape1899 passepartout1910 durex tape1932 Scotch tape1934 durex1938 Sellotape1949 duct tape1965 1887 Electrician 13 May 12 The armature core thus formed is covered over its entire surface with adhesive tape. 1889 G. M. Hopkins Exper. Sci. (1893) xviii. 503 To insure the insulation of the magnet wire from the iron core of the magnet, the latter is covered upon the parts to be wound by adhesive tape. 1920 Education June 613 Any school room may be supplied with a sufficient amount of disinfectant, bandages and adhesive tape at a very slight expenditure. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 28/1 Seal the tin with adhesive tape. 2003 New Yorker 26 May 78/2 I carried a thick roll of Johnson & Johnson adhesive tape under the seat, for rainy day patch-ups. 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