Bible Dictionaries
Birdlime
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
(2):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Birdlime'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/birdlime.html. 1828.