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Birdlime
Birdlime Bird"lime`, n. [Bird + lime viscous substance.]
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.
Birdlime
Birdlime 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.
Meaning of Birdlime from wikipedia
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Birdlime or bird lime is an
adhesive substance used in
trapping birds. It is
spread on a
branch or twig, upon
which a bird may land and be caught. Its...
- are no
strong muscles to open them up. The
application of
sticky latex, "
birdlime",
often obtained from a
local tree to
favourite perches is used in many...
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species in this
genus are
known as catchbirdtrees,
birdcatcher trees or
birdlime trees because they
catch birds. The
sticky seeds are
postulated to be an...
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berries of the hāhā, and
ironically the
berry juice could be made into
birdlime. Its call was a long,
plaintive whistle. The mamo was one of the most honored...
- lime, a soil
additive containing calcium carbonate and
other ingredients Birdlime, a
sticky substance spread on
branches to trap
small birds Calcium hydroxide...
- word vis****, 'mistletoe,
birdlime' is the
source of viscous. The
sticky juice of
mistletoe berries was used to make
birdlime, an
adhesive to trap small...
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those on a
conventional Mills bomb-type hand grenade.
Macrae had a tin of
birdlime labelled with a
large letter K and an
indication that the tin came from...
- In Indonesia,
adult dragonflies are
caught on
poles made
sticky with
birdlime, then
fried in oil as a delicacy.
Images of
dragonflies are
common in Art...
- of a Son-in-law",
according to
Google Translate. "Glu" is
French for "
birdlime"; "La Glu" is the
nickname of Réjane's character, a demi-mondaine who prides...
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Ceodes umbellifera,
synonym Pisonia umbellifera,
commonly known as the
birdlime tree or bird
catcher tree, is a
species of
plant in the
Nyctaginaceae family...
