glue-boiler

English

Alternative forms

• glueboiler, glue boiler

Etymology

From 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: liimikeetja
• Finnish: liimankeittäjä
• German: Leimsieder (de) m, Leimkocher m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κολλεψός m (kollepsós), κολλοπώλης m (kollopṓlēs) (glue-seller)

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• Latin: glūtinārius m
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• Russian: клеева́р (ru) m (klejevár)
• Turkish: tutkalcı (tr)