Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To daub or smear with glutinous matter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Etymologies

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Latin inviscatus, past participle of inviscare to birdlime; prefix in- in + viscum, viscus, the mistletoe, birdlime.

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