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mire-snipe
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. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Snipe Loch
In Scots the snipe is variously known as a "bluiter wheep, earn-bleater, heather-bleat, mire-snipe, or moss-bleater." wikipedia.org
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mire
▪ I. mire, n.1 (maɪə(r)) Forms: 4–8 myre, 4–6 myr, 4–5 myere, 4 meore, mir, mure, muyre, 5–7 myer, 5–6 moyre, 6 mier, 4– mire. [ME. mire, a. ON. m{yacu}r-r fem. (mod.Icel. m{yacu}ri, Sw. myr, Da. myre, myr):—OTeut. *miuzjâ:—*meuzjâ f. *meus- (cf. OE. méos moss, OHG. mios, MHG. mies), ablaut-var. of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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