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To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
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.
A little bird; a nestling.
A fowler or birdcatcher.
Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.
An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Same as Berretta.
See Bergander.
A birch tree.
A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).
To whip with a birch or rod.
Birchen; as, birken groves.
A lively or mettlesome fellow.
To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.
To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse.
A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law.
Alt. of Birostrated
Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.
A rush or impetus; force.