Kĭp'per1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. KIPPERED; p. pr. & vb. n. KIPPERING.] To cure, as fish, by means of salt and pepper, and by hanging up.
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Kipper
Kip'per2, a.
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Kip'per3, n.
n. 1. A salmon in the state of spawning. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; — a favorite dish in Scotland. ☞ The word kipper originally denoted a salmon directly after the spawning season; and as fish, in this state, are not good for use while fresh, they were usually cured and hung up. Hence the word, which properly denoted a spawning salmon, came to be generally used for one that is salted and dried.