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clipper

clipper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
  2. 2.(Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. -- Clip"per-built` (, a. Note: The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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