bird·lime /ˈbɝdˌlaɪm/
粘鳥膠
Bird·lime 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.
Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce
A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. --Dryden.
Note: ☞ Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
Bird·lime, v. t. To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. --Coodwin.
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birdlime
n : a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to
capture small birds [syn: lime]
v : spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: lime]