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Birdlime - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Birdlime' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Birdlime [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Birdlime [ v. t.]
- To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.

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biradiate biradiated biramous birch birched birchen birches birching bird bird cage

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