beglue

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English

Etymology

From be- +‎ glue.

Verb

beglue (third-person singular simple present beglues, present participle begluing, simple past and past participle beglued)

  1. (transitive, rare) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
    • 1840, John Bellenden Ker, Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases:
      lyme (sticky, sticking) part. pres. of lymen, to lime, to begum, beglue that which touches it.
    • 1856, The London Quarterly Review, volume 6, page 286:
      Most of Mr. Timbs's innumerable notes are as well provided as our little summer friends, and will beglue themselves accordingly to multitudes of memories.