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Search phrase: birdlime

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Othello	Oth II.i.125	Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze –	comes from my pate, as Birdlyme do's from Freeze,

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birdlime	sticky substance spread on branches to snare birds
lime	birdlime
lime	add birdlime to
lime	trap, snare, catch [as if by using birdlime]
limed	trapped, ensnared [as with birdlime]
lime-twig	twig smeared with birdlime

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

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