- (v.t.) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
- (v.i.) To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, especially when not in action; -- often with at.
- (v.i.) To shoot or hunt snipe.
- (v.t.) To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, especially when not in action.
- (n.) A fool; a blockhead.
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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