n. [ Cf. G. kippe. ] 1. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [ Scot. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Gymnastics) A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kip leather. See Kipskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. Kipper. ] An osier basket used for catching fish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Rudyard Kipling, English author (1865-1936). He was born at Bombay, India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, who was formerly head of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He was educated in England and returned to India in 1880 as editor of the “Lahore Civil and Military Gazette.” He returned to England about 1889, and lived several years in the United States. While in India he published stories, sketches, and poems descriptive of India and Anglo-Indian military and civil life: “ Departmental Ditties, etc.”, “Plain Tales from the Hills”, “Mine Own People”, “Soldiers Three”, “Barrack-room Ballads, etc.”, and others. After leaving India he published “The Light That Failed, ” “Naulahka” (with Balestier), “Many Inventions, ” “The Jungle Book, ” “The Second Jungle Book, ” “The Seven Seas, ” “Captains Courageous, ” “The White Man's Burden, ” “Kim, ” “The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories, ” and others.
Syn. -- Rudyard Kipling. [ WordNet 1.5 + Century Dict. 1906 ]

prop. a. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Rudyard Kipling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kippered p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering. ] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. “Kippered salmon.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kip + skin. ] Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide. [ 1913 Webster ]