ADHESIVE

ADHE'SIVE, adjective Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are adhesive

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adhesive. Adhesive, a. sticking to, tenacious, clammy

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Ad‐he″sive (�), a. [[Cf. F. adhésif.]] 1. 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2. 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson.
Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. — Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. — Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.