Definition of Birdlime
Bird´lime`
n.
1.
An
extremely
adhesive
viscid
substance
,
usually
made
of
the
middle
bark
of
the
holly
,
by
boiling
,
fermenting
,
and
cleansing
it
.
When
a
twig
is
smeared
with
this
substance
it
will
hold
small
birds
which
may
light
upon
it
.
Hence
:
Anything
which
insnares
.
Not
birdlime
or
Idean
pitch
produce
A
more
tenacious
mass
of
clammy
juice
.
- Dryden.
v. t.
1.
To
smear
with
birdlime
;
to
catch
with
birdlime
;
to
insnare
.
When
the
heart
is
thus
birdlimed
,
then
it
cleaves
to
everything
it
meets
with
.
- Coodwin.
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,
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,
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,
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out
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