snigglel (snigl)

[A var. of snigger1.] A guttural, nasal, or grunting laugh; a snicker: used in contempt. Marks patronized his joke by a quiet introductory snig gle. H. B. Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, viii. sniggle2 (snig'l), v.; pret. and pp. sniggled, ppr. sniggling. [ You that are but a young Angler know not what snig ling is... Any place where you think an Eele may hide or shelter her selfe, there with the help of a short stick put in your bait. I. Walton , Complete Angler (reprint of 1653), x. I have rowed acro the Pond, and sniggled for eels. S. Judd , Margaret, ii. 2. II. trans. To catch, as an eel, by pushing the bait into the hole where the eel is; hence, figuratively, to catch; snare; entrap. Theod . Now, Martell, Have you remember'd what we thought of? Mart . Yes, sir, I have sniggled him. snipe piper, = Dan. sneppe, snipe, = MD. snippe, sneppe, D. snip, snep = MLG. sneppe, snippe = OHG. snepha, snepho, snepfa, MHG. snepfe, G. schnepfe (>It. dial. sgneppa ), a snipe; prob. orig. a 'snipper' or 'snapper,' from the root of snip or snap: see snip, snap.] 1. A bird of the genus Scolopax in a former broad sense. (a) Some or any bird belonging to the family Scolopacidæ, having the bill straight, much longer than the head, dilated and sensitive at the end, and with a median lengthwise groove on the upper mandible near the end, the toes cleft to the base, the primaries not emarginate, and the tail-feathers barred; especially, a member of the genus Gall in a go ( Scolopax being restricted to certain woodcock). In Great Britain three species of Gall in a go are called snipe. (1) The common snipe, or whole-snipe, is Gall in a go cœlest is or G. media, formerly Scolopax gall i nago. (2) The great, double, or solitary snipe, or wood. cock-snipe, is G. major. (3) The small snipe, half-snipe, or jack-snipe is G. gallinula. They differ little except in size. snipe and Wilson's snipe, is G. wilson i or G. delicata, about In the United States the common snipe, also called jack as large as G. media, which it very closely resembles, so that it is sometimes known as the "English" snipe, to distinguish it from various snipe-like birds peculiar to America, and also bog - snipe, gutter - snipe, meadow - snipe, alewife bird, shad - bird, and shad - spirit. It is from 10 to 111⁄2 inches long and from 17 to 19 in extent of wings; the bill is about 2 inches long. The upper parts are blackish, varied with bay and tawny; the scapulars are edged with tawny or pale buff, forming a pair of firm stripes along the sides of the back when the wings are closed; the lining of the wings and axillary feathers is barred regularly with black and white; the tail-feathers, normally sixteen in number, are barred with black, white, and chestnut; the fore neck and breast are light-brown speckled with dark-brown; and the belly is white. (See cut under Gall in a go.) Snipes like these, and of the same genus, are found in most countries, Beau. and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, ii. 1. and are called by the same name, with or without a quali mild sniff to the stentorian snort. L. M. Alcott , Hospital Sketches, p. 43. sniffle (snif'l), v . i .; pret. and pp. sniffled , ppr. sniffling . [Early mod. E. also snifle ; freq. of sniff , or var. of snivel or snufj1 .] To snuffle. Brouffer. To snort or snifle with the nose, like a horse. Cotgrave. IMG:content-1406.png:[blocks in formation] sniffles (snif'lz), n. pl. Same as snuffles. sniffy (snif'i), a. [