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单词 mire-snipe
释义 ˈmire-snipe Sc.
[f. mire n.1 + snipe: cf. ON. mýri-snípa (Edda Gl.).]
The common snipe, Scolopax gallinago.
Also in phr. to catch a mire-snipe, to fall in the mire; hence fig. an accident, mishap (Jam.).
c1450Holland Howlat 213 The Martoune, the Murcoke, the Myresnype.1847Zoologist V. 1908 The snipe..known by the name of the mire-snipe.
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