Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Snipe
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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Snipe
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(1):
(v. i.) To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
(2):
(v. t.) To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
(3):
(v. i.) To shoot or hunt snipe.
(4):
(v. t.) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
(5):
(n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
(6):
(n.) A fool; a blockhead.