Definitions for: Kipper


[n] salted and smoked herring



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]


Kip"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Kippering.]
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered
salmon.'' --Dickens.


Kip"per, a.
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
[Prov. Eng.]

Synonyms: kippered herring

See Also: herring

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