n. (Zool.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also
n. The quality or state of being shadowy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shadowy; vague. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]