birdlime

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

birdlime
    n 1: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to
         capture small birds [syn: {birdlime}, {lime}]
    v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn:
         {birdlime}, {lime}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce
         A more tenacious mass of clammy juice.   --Dryden.
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   Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Birdlime \Bird"lime`\, v. t.
   To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
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         When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to
         everything it meets with.                --Coodwin.
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