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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. OE.

kipen

to catch, Icel.

kippa

to pull, snatch. Cf.

An osier basket used for catching fish.

[Prov. Eng.]

kipe ‎(plural kipes)

A salmon with the beginnings of a kipe as it enters fresh water.

An osier basket used for catching fish.
Upturned lower jaw of a male salmon at the end of its life as it returns to fresh water to spawn.

kipe ‎(third-person singular simple present kipes, present participle kiping, simple past and past participle kiped)