KIPE
Kipe, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch.
Cf. Kipper.]
Defn: An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
KIPPER
Kip"per, n. Etym: [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.]
KIPPER
Kip"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering.]
Defn: To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon."
Dickens.
KIPPER
Kip"per, a.
Defn: Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.