† ˈglutinative, a. and n. Med. Obs.
[ad. late L. glūtinātīv-us, f. glūtināre: see glutinate.]
A. adj. Having the property of joining together or closing up (wounds, etc.); constrictive.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. ciii. 146 The same [rootes of Comferie] are so glutinatiue that if [etc.]. 1585 Banister tr. Wecker's Chyrurg. 336 Such a one is to be ioyned..by stitching and glutinatiue medicines. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 452 It [Isinglass] is rightly mixed with glutinative Salves. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Glutinative, proper to glue, that has a gluing Quality. 1721–1800 in Bailey; hence in Todd and mod. Dicts. |
B. n. pl. Medical preparations which serve to close up (wounds, etc.) or bind together.
| [c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 6 Cap. v of glutinatiuis & consolidatiuis, þat buþ closeres & consouderes, & þe difference of hem.] 1656 Ridgley Pract. Physick 67 If the bone be broken withal, common glutinatives restrain the venome. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 600 The place must be cicatrized by astringents and glutinatives. |
Hence † ˈglutinativeness, ‘gluey quality’.
| 1727–36 in Bailey. |