Now rare. [f. L. conglūtināt- ppl. stem of conglūtināre to glue together, f. con- + glūtināre to glue, f. glūten, glūtin- glue. Cf. F. conglutiner (14th c. in Littré).]
1. trans. To glue, cement, or fasten firmly together; to cause to cohere.
1546. Langley, Pol. Verg. De Invent., I. iii. 6 a. To haue been compacted and conglutinated by heate and moysture into the perfect figure … of a man.
1558. Warde, trans. Alexis’ Secr., I. vi. (1580), 113 a. It will conglutinate and glewe together the two peeces.
1667. Petty, in Sprat, Hist. R. Soc., 291 (T.). Starch … will conglutinate some things.
1792. T. Beddoes, in Phil. Trans., LXXXII. 258. The lumps of iron … had been softened, and conglutinated together.
† b. Med. To unite (wounded or ruptured parts, or broken bones); to heal. Also absol. Obs.
1563. T. Gale, Antidot., II. 56. It … doth conglutinate greene and bloudy woundes.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XXV. xix. II. 206. They use the decoction of the common grasse, for to conglutinat wounds.
1797. J. Downing, Disord. Horned Cattle, 66. This medicine … conglutinates ruptured vessels.
c. fig.
1666. Spurstowe, Spir. Chym., Pref. (1668), 6. Love to God … strongly conglutinates all the musings of the soul.
1825. Carlyle, Life Schiller, III. 165. A medley of texts … conglutinated by a stupid judgment.
2. intr. To stick together, cohere. (lit. and fig.)
a. 1625. Fletcher, Women Pleased, V. ii. I would conglutinate.
1643. J. Steer, trans. Fabricius’ Exp. Chirurg., xv. 64. Lest that the Fingers should … conglutinate, I put between them leaden plates.
1647. Pol. Ballads Commw. (Percy Soc.), 33. My fellow knaves and I conglutinated.
1750. trans. Leonardus’ Mirr. Stones, 19. The prevalent driness in it permits it not to conglutinate.
Conglutinated, Conglutinating ppl. adjs.
1552. Huloet, Conglutinated, concretus, conglutinatus.
1650. Bulwer, Anthropomet., 223. The Conglutinated lips of the neck of the wombe.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 238. Lyme or some other conglutinating body.
1854. Fraser’s Mag., L. 329. Birdlime or some unguent equally conglutinating.
