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Kipper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A term applied to a salmon, when unfit to be taken, and to the time when they are so considered.

Kipper [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.

Kipper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

Kipper [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.

Kippered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Kippering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Kippernut [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.