Bible Dictionaries
Kipper

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.

(3):

(n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; - so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.

(4):

(n.) A salmon after spawning.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Kipper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​k/kipper.html. 1828.