lime-twigged

English

Etymology

From lime-twig +‎ -ed.

Adjective

lime-twigged (comparative more lime-twigged, superlative most lime-twigged)

1. Beset with snares.
2. Ensnared, as with birdlime.
   • 1679, Lancelot Addison, The Life and Death of Mahumed:

     have their Conſultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophiſms of Philoſmophical Perſmons

References

• “lime-twigged”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.