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Definition of Birdlimes
1. birdlime [v] - See also: birdlime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdlimes
Literary usage of Birdlimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose by John Harington (1804)
"... 'snaring birdlimes made of misletoe; Nor trust their flocks to shelter neath
its side ; It drops chill venom on our ewes, they cry, And subtle serpent ..."
2. Old Ballads: Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date by Thomas Evans (1810)
"With much despight they aim its overthrow, And sorry jests its wonted gifts
deride, How snaring birdlimes made of misletoe, Nor trust their flocks to ..."
3. In Lands Afar: A Second Series of Mission Stories of Many Lands : a Book for by Elnathan Ellsworth Strong (1897)
"... bunch of birdlimes. "Come on, Ahmed ! " shouted one of them, " the birds are
thick in the fields to-day. We shall catch a lot. ..."
4. The Wars of David and the Peaceable Reign of Solomon: Symbolizing the Times by Jane Lead (1816)
"... for that quencheth the seal .of love, and birdlimes the wings of faith, which
is also a twisting cord to bind down its eagle body: but it is able to ..."
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