The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

G major

Snipe Snipe, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[ae]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. [1913 Webster]

Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) 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. [1913 Webster]

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Illusions in G Major — Sog ifobox Name Illusios i G Major Artist Electric Light Orchestra Album Eldorado Released 1974 track_o 8 Recorded Feb - Aug 1974 Gere Rock Legth 2:37 Writer Jeff Lye Label Jet Records, Uited Artists Records Producer Jeff Lye prev…
  • List of symphonies in G major — This is a list of symphoies i G major, to iclude all symphoies i the key of G major writte by otable composers, eve whe the particular symphoy i questio is oe of the least performed by a famous composer.ee alsoFor symphoies i G…
  • Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 (Schubert) — Piao Soata No. 18 is oe of Fraz Schubert's piao soatas ad ofte called the "Fataisie".Its toality is G major ad is filled with comfortable melodies. Movemets #Molto moderato e catabile, G major #Adate, D major #Meuetto , Allegro…
  • Minuet in G major — The Miuet i G major is a keyboard piece icluded i the "Notebook for Aa Magdalea Bach" ad ofte attributed to Joha Sebastia Bach (BWV Ah. 114), but it is ow usually attributed to Christia Petzold. It appears with its compaio…
  • In G Major — "I G Major" is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival by balletmaster Jerome Robbis to the composer's "Piao Cocerto i G Major" (1928-31). The premiere took place May 15, 1975, at the New York State Theater, Licol…
  • Sonatina in G major — "Soatia i G major" is a piece of music attributed to Ludwig va Beethove.Sice the work was published i Hamburg, Germay after Beethove's death, its autheticity of it is still doubted as it uses styles ever see by Beethove before. It…