lime-twigged

adj — 2 senses

lime-twigged

adj

Etymology From lime-twig + -ed.

1

Beset with snares.

2

Ensnared, as with birdlime.

  • have their Conſultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophiſms of Philoſmophical Perſmons1679, Lancelot Addison, The Life and Death of Mahumed:

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