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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Clipper

/(klĭp"pẽr)/ · Clip·per · IPA /klˈɪpər/
01 n. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.
  1. 1.
    One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.
    “The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket.” Locke.
  2. 2.
    A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
  3. 3.
    A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; -- called also clipper ship.(Naut.) Also: clipper ship
  4. 4.
    a circuit that limits the amplitude of a waveform.(Electronics)
Phrases & compounds
Yankee Clipper — a clipper ship built in the United States. See Clipper, 3.
Syn. limiter.