glue-boiler

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noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Affix from English glue + English boil.

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English

boil

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