"Birdlime" is a word in ENGLISH
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to
insnare.
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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To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
Read the complete definitionA clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an …
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