CLIPPER

clipper

(noun) scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)

clipper

(noun) shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)

clipper, clipper ship

(noun) a fast sailing ship used in former times

limiter, clipper

(noun) (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); “a limiter introduces amplitude distortion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

clipper (plural clippers)

Anything that clips.

(chiefly, in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

Something that moves swiftly; especially

(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.

(informal) An Alberta clipper.

(entomology) The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

(electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

(historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.

(slang) Confidence trickster; conman.

• 1848', William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 16

Anagrams

• cripple

Source: Wiktionary

Clip"per, n.

1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin. The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke.

2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.

– Clip"per-built` (, a.

Note: The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

CLIPPER

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