Definition of "lipper"
- noun
A variant spelling of leaper.
A thin piece of blubber cut in oblong shape, with slits in it, used to wipe up gurry or slumgullion from the deck of a whaler.
A large metal ladle used for scooping up the oil from the deck of a whaler.
The spray from small waves, in either fresh or salt water.
- verb
To wipe with a lipper: followed by off: as, to lipper off the deck.
- adjective
Wet; rainy.
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