\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.

      Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious
      mass of clammy juice.                    --Dryden.

Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.

\Bird"lime`\, v. t.
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.