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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Birdlime \Bird"lime`\, n. [Bird + lime viscous substance.] 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Birdlime \Bird"lime`\, v. t. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: birdlime n : a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds [syn: {lime}] v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: {lime}] 2: smear birdlime on twigs in order to catch birds
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