† enˈglute, v. Alch. Obs.
[app. ad. med.L. *inglūtāre, corresp. to F. engluer: see englue. Cf. Pr. englutir.]
trans. To close with slime or glue; to seal up (a vessel), make air-tight; implied in enˈgluting, vbl. n. (See enlute.)
| c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 213 What sholde I tellen..Of the pot and glasses englutyng [v.r. enlutyng] That of the Eyr myghte passe out no thyng. 1584 R. Scot Disc. Witchcr. xiv. i. 294 Mysticall termes of art, as..their subliming, amalgaming, engluting [marginal note, enluting]. 1692 Coles, Engluting, gluing or glued, stopped. |