1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
GLUTINOUSNESS
Glu"ti*nous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being glutinous.
GLUTTON Glut"ton, n. Etym: [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); — called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.