a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin

Any of several gelatinous or glutinous substances usually made from glue, wax, or clay and used as a glaze or filler for porous materials such as paper, cloth, or wall surfaces, Character, value, or status with reference to relative importance or the capacity to meet given requirements, Grade of quality or importance; rank; class; degree; order, adjective_ Sized. Often used in combination, intransitive verb_ To take greater size; to increase in size, (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book, transitive verb_ To cover with size; to prepare with size, To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk, To make, cut, or shape to a required size

something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked, transitive verb_ To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord, To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope, To catch with a rope or lasso, intransitive verb_ To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality