Definition of birdlime
- 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.
- v. t. - To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to
insnare.
- 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.
- v. t. - To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to
insnare.