Glue, subs. (common).—1. Thick soup. (Because it sticks to the ribs.)

English Synonyms.—Deferred stock; belly-gum; giblets-twist;

gut-concrete; rib-tickler; stick-in-the-ribs.

French Synonyms.—La menêtre (thieves’); la lavasse (= a mess of pot

liquor); la laffe (thieves’); la jaffe (popular); l’ordinaire (popular:

soup and boiled beef at an ordinary); le fond d’estomac (= thick soup);

la mousse; la mouillante (= the moistener).

German Synonyms.—Jauche; Polifke.

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