Birdlime1. (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 ensnares.
2. (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to ensnare.
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