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ow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.

Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Of or pertaining to gluten. Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid.C5H9NO4.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid.

A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.

The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Same as Glutæus.

Same as Gliadin.

To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey.

The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]

Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

The quality of being glutinous.

Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.

Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.

To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.

Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.