glutinize, v.
(ˈgl(j)uːtɪnaɪz)
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. To render viscous or gluey. Hence ˈglutinizing ppl. a.
| 1750 G. Hughes Barbadoes 153 This gluey substance may be of further use if gathered by butterflies or other flying insects..to glutinize their bags or webs, before they enter into the Aurelia state. 1814 Last Act ii. i, Thinking about him..freezes my soul and glutinizes my blood. 1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. Taylor) 203 Iodide of Cadmium..would have superseded the other Iodides, had it not been for its glutinizing action on Pyroxyline. |