ˈmire-snipe Sc.
[f. mire n.1 + snipe: cf. ON. m{yacu}ri-sn{iacu}pa (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.).
| c 1450 Holland Howlat 213 The Martoune, the Murcoke, the Myresnype. 1847 Zoologist V. 1908 The snipe..known by the name of the mire-snipe. |