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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce
A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Birdlime

v. t. To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. Coodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Birdling

n. A little bird; a nestling. [ 1913 Webster ]

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夔鳳文;き鳳文

[きほうもん, kihoumon](n) (obsc) (See 文様) inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware etc.[Add to Longdo]

鳥もち;鳥黐

[とりもち, torimochi](n) birdlime[Add to Longdo]

鳥刺し;鳥刺

[とりさし, torisashi](n) (1) catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; (2) (See 刺身) chicken sashimi[Add to Longdo]

鳥刺し竿;鳥刺竿

[とりさしざお, torisashizao](n) (See 鳥刺・1) birdlime-covered pole[Add to Longdo]

黐

[もち;モチ, mochi ; mochi](n) (1) birdlime; (2) (uk) (See 黐の木) Nepal holly (Ilex integra)[Add to Longdo]

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