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Fw: Fw: Aunt Maud's ""golden paste "Pale Fire" Canto I, ll.102-5
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> From: "Andrew Brown" <as-brown@comcast.net>
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> > Elmer's is the white stuff. You squeeze it out of a small hole.
> > You don't want to be confusing holes and slits.
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> When I was in kindergarten we used Elmer's golden mucilage glue with the
> 'self-sealing rubber top.' Elmer's still makes mucilage with a similar
top,
> but the modern version is clear, not golden.
>
> mucilage
> An aqueous adhesive consisting of GUM ARABIC or fish glue, plasticized
with
> glycerin, glycol, or sorbitol, with a small amount of a preservative and
> odorant added. In a more general sense, mucilage is a liquid adhesive
having
> a low order of bonding strength. The terms mucilage and mucilaginous are
> also commonly used as generic terms describing gummy or gluey
water-miscible
> substances.
>
> "Well did I know he could never resist a golden drop of this or that,
> especially since he was severely rationed at home."
>
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From: "s~Z" <keithsz@concentric.net>
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> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (23
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Brown" <as-brown@comcast.net>
> >
> > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (26
> lines) ------------------
> > Elmer's is the white stuff. You squeeze it out of a small hole.
> > You don't want to be confusing holes and slits.
>
> When I was in kindergarten we used Elmer's golden mucilage glue with the
> 'self-sealing rubber top.' Elmer's still makes mucilage with a similar
top,
> but the modern version is clear, not golden.
>
> mucilage
> An aqueous adhesive consisting of GUM ARABIC or fish glue, plasticized
with
> glycerin, glycol, or sorbitol, with a small amount of a preservative and
> odorant added. In a more general sense, mucilage is a liquid adhesive
having
> a low order of bonding strength. The terms mucilage and mucilaginous are
> also commonly used as generic terms describing gummy or gluey
water-miscible
> substances.
>
> "Well did I know he could never resist a golden drop of this or that,
> especially since he was severely rationed at home."
>
>