Lexic.us

Definition of Kipper

1. Noun. Salted and smoked herring.

Definition of Kipper

1. n. A salmon after spawning.

2. v. t. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.

3. a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.

Definition of Kipper

1. Noun. A split, salted and smoked herring. ¹

2. Noun. (military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. ¹

3. Verb. To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kipper

1. to cure fish by salting and smoking [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Kipper

1. 1. 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. Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. Origin: D. Kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kipper

Literary usage of Kipper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"kipper may therefore literally signify, "a beaked Bah. ... kipper is still used in the same sense by E. writers. and thin, and then are called kipper. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"ALKALI- INSOLUBLE PHENOLS. SECOND PAPER. BY HENRY A. TORREY ANI> HB kipper. Received March 13, 1908. Although it is a very general rule, ..."

3. The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1824)
"... is more kipper, and less able to endure a Winter in the fresh-water, than she is, yet she is at that time of looking less kipper and better, as watery, ..."

4. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... particularly adapted; but it has been found by observation that the snout il not OU Mile Fish, or kipper, daring the Spawning-season. used in this work. ..."

5. The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation: Being a Discourse on by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1839)
"... he is more kipper, and less able to endure a winter in the fresh-water, than the she is ; yet she is, at that time of looking less kipper and better, ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"... or kipper, during the Spawning-season. used in this work. The eggs, when deposited and vivified, are covered by the action of the tail of the female; ..."

7. A Flower-hunter in Queensland & New Zealand by Marian Ellis Ryan Rowan, Ellis Rowan (1898)
"Homesick—Native customs—The ordeal of a kipper—Preparing for camp life—Sleeping in the open—A mirage—The pitiless sun—Mrs. S. has " sunstroke "—A gallop and ..."

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