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Search phrase: birdlime

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OthelloOth II.i.125Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze –comes from my pate, as Birdlyme do's from Freeze,

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birdlimesticky substance spread on branches to snare birds
limebirdlime
limeadd birdlime to
limetrap, snare, catch [as if by using birdlime]
limedtrapped, ensnared [as with birdlime]
lime-twigtwig smeared with birdlime

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birdlimelime
birdlime, twig smeared with lime-twig
twig smeared with birdlimelime-twig

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