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Definition of birdlime

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Birdlime (n.) 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..

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Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..

Viscin :: Viscin (n.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime..

Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) 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..

Birdlime :: Birdlime (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.

Belime :: Belime (v. t.) To besmear or insnare with birdlime.

Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..

Viscum :: Viscum (n.) Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe..

Lime :: Lime (n.) Birdlime.

Lime :: Lime (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime..