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bird⋅lime

  [burd-lahym] noun, verb, -limed, -lim⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a sticky material prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it.
–verb (used with object)
2. to smear with birdlime.
3. to catch or capture, as with birdlime: to be birdlimed by flattery.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME brydelyme. See bird, lime 1
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bird·lime   (bûrd'līm')   
n.  

  1. A sticky substance that is smeared on branches or twigs to capture small birds.

  2. Something that captures or ensnares.

tr.v.   bird·limed, bird·lim·ing, bird·limes

  1. To smear with birdlime.

  2. To catch with or as if with birdlime.

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