lime-twign.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmtwɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmˌtwɪɡ/

Etymology: < lime n.¹

a. A twig smeared with birdlime for catching birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime > twig or bush smeared with

lime-yard1377

lime-rodc1386

lime-twig?a1400

lime-bush1575

twiga1616

?a1400 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (Roxb.) 13 Thy lyme twigges and panters I deffye.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xliii. 872 Such as bring vs haukes do take them for the most part with lime twigs.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A4 The Fowler His Gun, his Nets, his Lime-twigs.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. iv. 113 As Birds unwary on the Lime-twigs tread.

c1820 S. Rogers Italy (1839) 136 To catch a thrush on every lime-twig there.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 457 b A lymetwygg layed by Hypocrytes to gett money withall.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. D4^v Catch Fooles with Lime-twigs dipt with pardons.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. iii. 16.

1637 J. Milton Comus 22 The foule inchanter..Enter'd the very lime twigs of his spells.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 69 There are so many lime-twigs laid in his way, that I'll bett a cool hundred, he swings before Christmas.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xxii. 146 Ambition, Avarice, Vengeance, Glory, glue The glittering lime-twigs of our latter days.

proverbial.1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 175 His fingers are lime-twigs. Spoken of a thievish person.

†2. One whose fingers are ‘limed’; a thief. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D3^v Talke not of the Gayle, tis full of limetwigs, lifts, and pickpockets.

†3. attributive or as adj. Ensnaring; pilfering. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [adjective]

light-fingered1546

lime-fingered1546

pilfering1546

fine-fingeredc1555

filching1570

mitching1576

lurching1577

lime-twig1602

nimming1603

pitchy1660

fingerative1674

marauding1748

light-handed1769

tarry1822

tarry-fingered1825

sticky-fingered1855

panhandling1884

tarry-fisted1906

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. iv. 428 Let vs run through all the lewd formes of lime-twig purloyning villanyes.

1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 44 The Lime-twigg Titles of their own [the Booksellers'] composing, to catch the curious Birds of Life..Momus wanting that Lime-twigg Faculty.

Derivatives

† ˈlime-twig v. Obsolete (transitive) to catch as with a lime-twig; to entangle, ensnare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (transitive)] > catch birds > with birdlime

lime13..

lime-twig1646

bird-lime1657

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 87 You may be Lyme-twig'd with their errours and loose the Truth for a friend.

1671 L. Addison W. Barbary To Rdr. That the Ottoman Empire..reckon it among their Happinesses not to have their Consultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophisms of Philosophical Persons.

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 148 Their mind is so illaqueated or lime-twigged, as it were, with the Idea's and Properties of corporeal things.

1815 C. Lamb Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 149 Lord bless me—these ‘merchants & their spicy drugs’..they lime twig up my poor soul & body.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. i. 68 [Newton] He allowed his mind to be lime-twigged and ruffled and discomposed by words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lime-twig
释义	lime-twign. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmtwɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌtwɪɡ/ Etymology: < lime n.¹ 1. a. A twig smeared with birdlime for catching birds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime > twig or bush smeared with lime-yard1377 lime-rodc1386 lime-twig?a1400 lime-bush1575 twiga1616 ?a1400 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (Roxb.) 13 Thy lyme twigges and panters I deffye. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xliii. 872 Such as bring vs haukes do take them for the most part with lime twigs. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A4 The Fowler His Gun, his Nets, his Lime-twigs. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. iv. 113 As Birds unwary on the Lime-twigs tread. c1820 S. Rogers Italy (1839) 136 To catch a thrush on every lime-twig there. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 457 b A lymetwygg layed by Hypocrytes to gett money withall. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. D4^v Catch Fooles with Lime-twigs dipt with pardons. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. iii. 16. 1637 J. Milton Comus 22 The foule inchanter..Enter'd the very lime twigs of his spells. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 69 There are so many lime-twigs laid in his way, that I'll bett a cool hundred, he swings before Christmas. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xxii. 146 Ambition, Avarice, Vengeance, Glory, glue The glittering lime-twigs of our latter days. proverbial.1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 175 His fingers are lime-twigs. Spoken of a thievish person. †2. One whose fingers are ‘limed’; a thief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D3^v Talke not of the Gayle, tis full of limetwigs, lifts, and pickpockets. †3. attributive or as adj. Ensnaring; pilfering. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [adjective] light-fingered1546 lime-fingered1546 pilfering1546 fine-fingeredc1555 filching1570 mitching1576 lurching1577 lime-twig1602 nimming1603 pitchy1660 fingerative1674 marauding1748 light-handed1769 tarry1822 tarry-fingered1825 sticky-fingered1855 panhandling1884 tarry-fisted1906 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. iv. 428 Let vs run through all the lewd formes of lime-twig purloyning villanyes. 1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 44 The Lime-twigg Titles of their own [the Booksellers'] composing, to catch the curious Birds of Life..Momus wanting that Lime-twigg Faculty. Derivatives † ˈlime-twig v. Obsolete (transitive) to catch as with a lime-twig; to entangle, ensnare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (transitive)] > catch birds > with birdlime lime13.. lime-twig1646 bird-lime1657 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 87 You may be Lyme-twig'd with their errours and loose the Truth for a friend. 1671 L. Addison W. Barbary To Rdr. That the Ottoman Empire..reckon it among their Happinesses not to have their Consultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophisms of Philosophical Persons. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 148 Their mind is so illaqueated or lime-twigged, as it were, with the Idea's and Properties of corporeal things. 1815 C. Lamb Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 149 Lord bless me—these ‘merchants & their spicy drugs’..they lime twig up my poor soul & body. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. i. 68 [Newton] He allowed his mind to be lime-twigged and ruffled and discomposed by words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1400
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