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Pronunciation : Bird"lime`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Bird + lime viscous substance.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bird"lime`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: o smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. Coodwin.

t. T
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913