Clipper
['klɪpə] or ['klɪpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural).
(noun.) shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural).
(noun.) a fast sailing ship used in former times.
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
(n.) A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
(n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- A typical vessel of this sort was the clipper ship _Great Republic_, built by Donald McKay of Boston during the first half of the century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I also read The Clipper, The Police Gazette, The Billboard, The Dramatic Mirror, and a lot of similar publications, for I like to know what is going on. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Nancy