Birdlime

Bird´lime`

n.	1.	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. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. - Coodwin.

Noun	1.	birdlime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds Synonyms: lime
Verb	1.	birdlime - spread birdlime on branches to catch birds Synonyms: lime