flesh glue

== English == === Alternative forms === flesh-glue === Etymology === A calque of Ancient Greek σαρκοκόλλα (sarkokólla), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue, adhesive”) from its traditional use sealing wounds. Compare meat glue and German Fleischleim. === Noun === flesh glue (uncountable) (obsolete) Synonym of sarcocolla as a resin. 1659, Thomas Horne & al. translating Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) as The Gate of Languages Unlocked, Ch. 11, §124: Frankincense, mastick, rosin, flesh-glue are the juices and gums of certain trees. === References === “† flesh-glue, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.