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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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