4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf
{Kipe}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open salted, and dried or smoked; -- so
called because salmon after spawning were usually so
cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
{Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Kippering}.]
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered
salmon.'' --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, a.
Amorous; also lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
[Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kipper
n : salted and smoked herring [syn: {kippered herring}]
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