Associations to the word «Birdlime»
Wiktionary
BIRDLIME, noun. A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds.
BIRDLIME, noun. (rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
BIRDLIME, verb. (transitive) to add birdlime to
Dictionary definition
BIRDLIME, noun. A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds.
BIRDLIME, verb. Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.