2. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.
GLUCOSIDE
Glu"co*side, n. Etym: [See Glucose.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.
GLUCOSURIA
Glu`co*su"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.
GLUE Glue, n. Etym: [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.]
Defn: A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. — Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. — Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). — Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. — Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.
GLUE Glue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glued; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] Etym: [F. gluer. See Glue, n.]