BIRDLIME
birdlime, lime
(noun) a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
birdlime, lime
(verb) spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
birdlime (uncountable)
A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds.
(rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
Verb
birdlime (third-person singular simple present birdlimes, present participle birdliming, simple past and past participle birdlimed)
(transitive) To add birdlime to.
Source: Wiktionary
Bird"lime`, n. Etym: [Bird + lime viscous substance.]
Definition: 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.
Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
Bird"lime`, v. t. T
Definition: o smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it
meets with. Coodwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition