glue-boiler

glue-boiler

English

Alternative forms

• glueboiler, glue boiler

Etymology

glue +‎ boil +‎ -er

Noun

glue-boiler (plural glue-boilers)

1. A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

Translations

who produces glue

Dutch: lijmmaker m, lijmzieder m Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: liimankeittäjä German: Leimsieder (de) m, Leimkocher m Greek: Ancient: κολλεψός m (kollepsós), κολλοπώλης m (kollopṓlēs) (glue-seller)

Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Latin: glūtinārius m Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: клеева́р (ru) m (klejevár)