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
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