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(), n.[D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.] 1. (Zol.) 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.] Halliwell. スポンサード リンク
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