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kipper
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.] 1. (Zool.) A salmon after spawning. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." --Dickens. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kipper \Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
