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Snipe

Snipe (snipe)
n.(?)
Snipe
[OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn***imacr]pa (in comp.
  1. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

    * The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago cœlestis) and the great, or double, snipe (G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe (G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus), are well- known American species.

  2. A fool; a blockhead.
    [R.] Shak.

    Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. - - Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. -- Quail snipe. See under Quail. -- Robin snipe, the knot. -- Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary. -- Shore snipe, any sandpiper. -- Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Stone snipe, the tattler. -- Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. -- Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock. -- Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.

Snipe

Snipe (snipe)
v. i.(?)
Snipe
[imp. *** p. p. Sniped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Sniping (?).]
  1. To shoot or hunt snipe.
  2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action] -- often with at.

Snipe

Snipe (snipe)
v. t.(?)
Snipe
  1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
  2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.












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