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birdlime
[ burd-lahym ]
noun
- 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)
birdlimed, birdliming.
- to smear with birdlime.
- to catch or capture, as with birdlime:
to be birdlimed by flattery.
birdlime
/ ˈɜːˌɪ /
noun
- a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
verb
- tr to smear (twigs) with birdlime to catch (small birds)
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The birdlime had entangled a few queleas and a mouse that had been attracted by their fluttering.
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Without the peregrine falcons to keep them in check, they were so numerous that the courthouse windows and ledges were white with birdlime.
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Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice.
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"You took a flat stick and applied birdlime to the top, and drew the money out through the chink, you rogue," said his holiness, severely.
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Oh, what unutterable corruption sticks, like birdlime, to all our motives, all our thoughts, all our words, all our actions!
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