"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.
There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends but he joyeth the more and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends but he grieveth the less.
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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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