No.
Most cuemakers don't use waterproof glue, even if it is titebond 3, it will not survive boiling and is not really waterproof. Glues like that soften at low temperatures as well. Epoxy or phenol resorcinal will probably partially hold at the glue line, but i don't think the wood would survive. Non-high-temp epoxy like WEST starts to soften around 150F.
There have been examples of bending wood and tying knots in some thickish rounds with ammonia. The full strength stuff that can kill you, not window-wash solution. Then the question is back to what it does to glue.
Lets review bending wood:
#1.) boiling water is just about hot enough to be effective, but the water is a mess and un-neccessary. The principle is to plasticize the lignin in the wood, not to swell it with excess moisture. However, some moisture does lower the plasticizing temperature. Steam in a steambox is traditional and works - the box with insulation can allow the steam to get hotter than 212F through the slight pressure increase. An autoclave is better. Hot presses or ovens work, if you are patient. 270F is about where lignin starts to flex a little with dry heat. Steam, if left long enough to saturate, can soften wood maybe starting around 150F - ish. Many hardwoods take higher temps.
#2.) to effectively bend wood, the side that "gives" should be in compression. (Just like bending most things, including steel) Stretching the outside happens a little of course but if that is primary it will split either in the bending, or later. So shops that practice steam bending as a trade, normal ops use steel straps with end restraint, to bend wood. It forces the wood to bend on the inside and the steel strap keeps the outside mostly neutral.. I think you can see that in any event, you are not going to "stretch" short glued in blocks and such.
Dave 38 nails it for a successful process. Or machine the whole thing and work out how to make the inlays so they look bent.
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