glew

[ gloo ]

noun

1. an obsolete spelling of glue ( def ).

Grammar Note

Because the irregular past tenses of blow and grow are blew and grew, it might seem logical to assume that the verb glow would follow the same pattern. However, the past tense of glow is regular, and is spelled glowed, not glew.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glew¹

First recorded in 1400–50 (noun)

Example Sentences

Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel’s documentary tells the story of Steve Glew, a collector, seller and smuggler of Pez candy dispensers — or, more accurately, Glew tells the story himself, not only narrating his tale with cheerful comic vigor, but starring in the documentary’s energetically stylized dramatizations of his various heists and high jinks.

From New York Times

Louise Glew, a parent who volunteers at the school, said she was getting by but knew plenty of others struggling.

From Seattle Times

Presented by the Bellevue Garden Society, this walk through lichen will be hosted by Katherine Glew and provide insights into the organisms that we find on so many common plants.

From Seattle Times

The documentary “The Pez Outlaw” follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a Michigan man who tried to make a killing by trafficking in rare European Pez dispensers until he ran afoul of the company bureaucracy.

From Washington Post

The directors approach the material blithely and with humor, staging dramatic re-enactments of the anecdotes Glew and others recount in highly stylized, almost parodic form — the running of candy contraband is depicted like the climax of a breakneck espionage thriller, a toy convention is made to look like a speakeasy in a film noir, and so forth.

From New York Times