"glew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glews [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English glew, glu, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glew}} Middle English glew Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glew (countable and uncountable, plural glews)
  1. Obsolete form of glue. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: glue
    Sense id: en-glew-en-noun-uvuKI7-j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 24 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 5 7 9 19 15 5 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 4 5 7 25 21 4 8 7
  2. Obsolete form of solder. (used in alchemy) Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: solder (extra: used in alchemy)
    Sense id: en-glew-en-noun-5ZqYYq2Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Either formed on the analogy of know, grow (and other verbs which are now weak in the standard such as crow, mow) or inherited from Middle English glew, glewe (“glowed”), in turn from Old English glēow (“glowed”), past tense of Old English glōwan (“to glow”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|glew|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English glew, {{inh+|en|enm|glew|nocap=1}} inherited from Middle English glew, {{inh|en|ang|glēow|t=glowed}} Old English glēow (“glowed”), {{der|en|ang|glōwan|t=to glow}} Old English glōwan (“to glow”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} glew
  1. (dialectal) simple past of glow Tags: dialectal, form-of, past Form of: glow
    Sense id: en-glew-en-verb-76b8sXhf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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