Meaning & use
Regluing
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Applying glue again to fix a joint or piece that has come apart.
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He spent the afternoon regluing the loose legs of the antique chair.
The bookbinder is regluing the spine of a paperback whose pages had started falling out.
A note on using this word
Regluing is a common furniture-repair technique, often requiring old, dried glue to be scraped away before a fresh bond will hold.
Words with a similar meaning
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