Part 1137

<hw>Bird"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a bird.</def>

<h1>Birdlime</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"lime`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bird</ets> + <ets>lime</ets> viscous substance.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Not <b>birdlime</b> or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Birdlime</i> is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.</note>

<h1>Birdlime</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"lime`</hw>, <tt>v. t. T</tt><def>o smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.</def>

<blockquote>When the heart is thus <b>birdlimed</b>, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. <i>Coodwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Birdling</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"ling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little bird; a nestling.</def>

<h1>Birdman</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fowler or birdcatcher.</def>

<h1>Bird of paradise</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird" of par"a*dise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus <spn>Paradisea</spn> and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.</def>

<note>&hand; The <stype>Great emerald</stype> (<spn>Paradisea apoda</spn>) and the <stype>Lesser emerald</stype> <spn>(P. minor)</spn> furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the <i>Red</i> is <spn>P. rubra</spn> or <spn>sanguinea</spn>; the <i>Golden</i> is <spn>Parotia aurea</spn> or <spn>sexsetacea</spn>; the <i>King</i> is <spn>Cincinnurus regius</spn>.

The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group (<spn>Epimachin\'91</spn>) from the same region. The Twelve-wired (<spn>Seleucides alba</spn>) is one of these. See <er>Paradise bird</er>, and Note under <er>Apod</er>.</note>

<h1>Bird pepper</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird" pep`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A species of capsicum (<spn>Capsicum baccatum</spn>), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.</def>

<h1>Bird's-beak</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird's"-beak`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.</def>

<h1>Birdseed</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"seed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.</def>

<h1>Bird's-eye</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird's"-eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general<?/ not minute, or entering into details; <as>as, a <ex>bird's-eye</ex> view</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; <as>as, <ex>bird's-eye</ex> diaper; <ex>bird's-eye</ex> maple.</as></def>

<h1>Bird's-eye</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird's"-eye`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (<spn>Primula farinosa</spn>), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.</def>

<h1>Bird's-eye maple</h1> <Xpage=147>