Shak.
Birdlet
(Bird"let), n. A little bird; a nestling.
Birdlike
(Bird"like`) a. Resembling a bird.
Birdlime
(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.
Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
Birdlime
(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.
Birdling
(Bird"ling), n. A little bird; a nestling.
Birdman
(Bird"man) n. A fowler or birdcatcher.
Bird of paradise
(Bird" of par"a*dise) (Zoöl.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea
and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors,
elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
The Great emerald (Paradisea apoda) and the Lesser emerald (P. minor) furnish many of the plumes
used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is P. rubra or sanguinea; the Golden is Parotia aurea or sexsetacea; the
King is Cincinnurus regius.
The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group (Epimachinæ) from the same
region. The Twelve-wired (Seleucides alba) is one of these. See Paradise bird, and Note under Apod.
Bird pepper
(Bird" pep`per) A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-
red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
Bird's-beak
(Bird's"-beak`) n. (Arch.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Birdseed
(Bird"seed`) n. Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
Bird's-eye
(Bird's"-eye`) a.
1. Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering
into details; as, a bird's-eye view.
2. Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
