marine glue

marine glue ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.

Origin of marine glue First recorded in 1840–50 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marine glue Historical Examples of marine glue

It is possible to obtain prints with half-tones in fatty ink by means of plates of zinc coated with marine-glue.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286

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