BIRDLIMED

Verb

birdlimed

simple past tense and past participle of birdlime

Anagrams

• middle rib

Source: Wiktionary

BIRDLIME

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