Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glew

/ɡluː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: glew
IPA: /ɡluː/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of glow

noun

Obsolete form of glue.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Obsolete form of solder, used in alchemy.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When the painting is originally on wood, it must be first detached from the ceiling or wainscot where it was fixed; and the surface of it covered with a linen cloth, cemented to it by means of glew[…]"
"Now Gold is easily associated to and with Copper; and so fit a cuspe, or point made of Gold to this Cupreous Iron; and with Borax and Golden Solidature or Soder (Gold Glew, which is made of Copper Money, a little Silver and Gold melted at the Eye is better) melt it after the accustomed manner, in a fitting Coal-fire, and then you shall have the Golden Nail so much spoken of."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: glew, glēow, glōwan

Usage

Inflected Forms

glews (plural)

Homonyms

glue (not in Wales)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce glew?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡluː/.
What does glew mean?: simple past of glow
Where does glew come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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