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birdlime
(encz) | birdlime,ptačí lep n: Zdeněk Brož |
Birdlime
(gcide) | 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.
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Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce
A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. --Dryden.
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Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
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Birdlime
(gcide) | Birdlime \Bird"lime`\, v. t.
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
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When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to
everything it meets with. --Coodwin.
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birdlime
(wn) | birdlime
n 1: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to
capture small birds [syn: birdlime, lime]
v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn:
birdlime, lime] |
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Birdlime
(gcide) | 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.
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Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce
A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. --Dryden.
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Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
[1913 Webster]Birdlime \Bird"lime`\, v. t.
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
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When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to
everything it meets with. --Coodwin.
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