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  Word: Birdlime

  ID	Word	Wordtype	Definition
  16120	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.

  
  

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