glue-boiler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

Word forms

glue-boiler glue-boilers glueboiler glue boiler

Etymology

From glue + boil + -er.

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