snite n OED ~ sb1 1 now dial; EDD sb1 Co D So. Wilson's common snipe (Capella gallinago delicata) (1967 Bk of Nfld iii, 283).
1895 J A Folklore viii, 34 The snipe is called a snite, which is the Old English form. 1959 MCATEE 29 ~ Common Snipe ( ... Nfld).
