a. Also snipey, Sc. snipie. [f. SNIPE sb.]

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  1.  Characterized by having a long pointed nose or muzzle suggestive of a snipe’s bill. Also Comb.

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1825.  Jamieson, Suppl., Snipie-nebbit, having a nose resembling a snipe’s neb or bill.

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1884.  ‘G. Stables,’ Our Friend the Dog, vii. Snipey—Applied to the muzzle when peaked like a fox’s.

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1902.  Fur & Feather, 19 Sept., 232/3. Brindle [cavy] with white blaze,… rather snipy.

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1904.  H. Compton, 20th Century Dog, II. 341. I cannot stand the long-legged, snipey-faced, soft-expressioned, flat-sided specimens sometimes seen figuring as prize-winners.

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  2.  Resembling a snipe; snipe-like.

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1888.  Lees & Clutterbuck, B. C. 1887, xvii. 183. In flight they [dowitchers] were not so snipey as the genuine article.

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  3.  Frequented by snipe.

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1903.  [M. H. Grant], in Blackw. Mag., Sept., 368/1. The chief characteristics of this essentially snipey tract.

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