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KIPPERED
Verb
kippered
simple past tense and past participle of kipper
Source: Wiktionary
KIPPER
Kip"per, n. Etym: [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.
Kip"per, a.
Definition: Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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