birdlime vs mortar

birdlime

noun
  • A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds. 

  • Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence. 

verb
  • To add birdlime to. 

mortar

noun
  • A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle. 

  • A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. 

  • A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories. 

  • In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered. 

verb
  • To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon). 

  • To pound in a mortar. 

  • To use mortar or plaster to join two things together. 

  • To fire a mortar (weapon). 

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