| Kipper | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kippered p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering. ] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. “Kippered salmon.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kipper | a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kipper | n. [ D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe. ] 1. (Zool.) A salmon after spawning. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [ Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Kippernut | n. (Bot.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Skipper | n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). [ 1913 Webster ] 4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Skipper | n. [ D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship. ] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A ship boy. [ Obs. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Skippet | n. [ Cf. Icel. skip, E. skipper. See Ship. ] 1. A small boat; a skiff. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] A little skippet floating did appear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A small round box for keeping records. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
