An archaic or dialectal variant spelling of 'glue,' particularly found in Middle English texts and Scottish usage.
From Old French 'glu,' from Latin 'gluten' (sticky substance). The variant 'gue' represents an older English pronunciation before standardization.
English spelling wasn't standardized until the printing press became common—'gue' for 'glue' shows how multiple valid spellings existed side-by-side, and printers eventually picked 'glue' as the winner simply by publishing it more often.
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