glue-boilers

A form of glue-boiler — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of glue-boiler
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