Difference between revisions of "Birdlime"

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<p> (1): </p> <p> (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (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. </p>
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<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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. </p>
 
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Latest revision as of 02:17, 13 October 2021

Birdlime [1]

(1): (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.

(2): (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.

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