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British fairtrade tea company
"Clipper" in Germany.[citation needed] Clipper was founded as an ethical alternative to other teas, and advocates Fairtrade and organic tea. Clipper became
Clipper_Teas
Merchant sailing ship of the 19th century
tea trade and passenger service to Java. The boom years of the clipper era began in 1843 in response to a growing demand for faster delivery of tea from
Clipper
(Lipton Teas and Infusions) Clipper tea Fortnum & Mason Glengettie tea Horniman's Tea Jacksons of Piccadilly Lancashire Tea Lyons Tea (Lipton Teas and Infusions)
List_of_tea_companies
Topics referred to by the same term
also refer to: Clipper Logistics, a British logistics company Clipper Teas, branded as "Clipper", a British fairtrade tea company Clipper Windpower, a wind
Clipper_(disambiguation)
Town in Dorset, England
factory laboratory then at 11–15 North Street.[citation needed] The Clipper Teas company is based in Beaminster. It is currently owned by the Dutch company
Beaminster
Tea company
Bond Lipton PG Tips Wissotzky Tea Tetley Tea Folk Typhoo tea Twinings Yorkshire Tea Clipper Teas "History of Tetley Tea". Retrieved 25 April 2008. tata
Tetley
– evaporated milk, instant breakfast Caro (drink) Capri-Sun Clamato Clipper Teas Club-Mate Cocio Cool Mountain Beverages Cravendale Crystal Light Danone
List of brand name food products
List_of_brand_name_food_products
British composite clipper ship built in 1868
composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Designed for the China tea trade, she
Thermopylae_(clipper)
British tea clipper built in 1869
Kingdom tea clipper built in 1869. She was a composite clipper, built with wooden planking over an iron skeleton and was W. Lund & Co's first tea clipper. She
Ambassador_(clipper)
American long-range flying boat, 1938–1951
The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the
Boeing_314_Clipper
British clipper launched in 1865
was a clipper ship famous for making fast voyages between China and England in the late 1860s. She is most famous for almost winning The Great Tea Race
Ariel_(clipper)
American sailing cargo ship
Sea Witch was an American clipper ship designed by naval architect John W. Griffiths for the China trading firm of Howland & Aspinwall. She was launched
Sea_Witch_(clipper)
Biennial yacht race to partially or fully circumnavigate the globe
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a biennial sailing race that takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of the globe
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race
Clipper_Round_the_World_Yacht_Race
British tea clipper
Cross was a famous British tea clipper which sailed in the Great Tea Race of 1866. She was the first ship home in the tea seasons of 1861, 1862, 1863
Fiery_Cross_(clipper)
the first clipper arriving in London, being written into the bills of lading of all the ships loading in China at the beginning of the tea season. A fast
Tea_race
French multinational food company
France (Bjorg Bonneterre et Compagnie), the United Kingdom (Kallo Foods, Clipper tea) and Italy (Bio Slym, Abafoods). Wessanen decided to leave the North
Ecotone_(company)
British clipper ship, on display at Greenwich, England
a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to
Cutty_Sark
Regatta in 1872
The Great Tea Race of 1872 was a regatta, held in 1872 between two "tea clippers" Cutty Sark and Thermopylae. Clipper ships were small ships used to deliver
Great_Tea_Race_of_1872
Taitsing was a famous British tea clipper. Taitsing was a full-rigged, composite-built clipper ship, measuring 192 feet (59 meters) in length, with a beam
Taitsing_(clipper)
Tea clipper, built 1863
The Taeping was a tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company of Greenock and owned by Captain Alexander Rodger of Cellardyke, Fife. Over her
Taeping
Former pub in Knightsbridge, London
The Tea Clipper was a Grade II listed public house at 19 Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7. It was formerly called The Talbot and was built
The_Tea_Clipper
The period of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s, and over time features such as the hull evolved from wooden to composite.
List_of_clipper_ships
British designer and entrepreneur (born 1966)
a different typeface: Perpetua, Helvetica and Clarendon. Pentawards: Clipper Teas Design Week Award: Gü Design Week commendation: Dorset Cereals In 2009
Perry_Haydn_Taylor
Clipper
Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship
Flying_Cloud_(clipper)
American specialty tea company
U.S. division of the Japanese tea retailer Yamamotoyama. Stash Tea produces and distributes bagged and loose-leaf teas through food service, retail, wholesale
Stash_Tea_Company
Stornoway was a British tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1850. She was a further development by Hall on the clippers
Stornoway_(clipper)
British tea clipper
Lahloo was a British tea clipper known for winning the Tea Race of 1870, and finishing second in the Tea Race of 1871. She sailed from Fuzhou to London
Lahloo_(clipper)
Sailing ship race from China to London
bill of lading of a tea clipper for docking in London with the first of the new crop. Though clippers raced with cargoes of tea for a few more years
Great_Tea_Race_of_1866
American businessman (1811–1893)
from the China trade, importing teas, porcelains, and silk, and building and operating a fleet of reputable clipper ships. Low was one of twelve children
Abiel_Abbot_Low
Clipper ship built in Maryland, US
Ann McKim was a 143 ft (44 m), 493 ton OM American clipper ship, launched in Baltimore, Maryland in 1833 and broken up in 1852. One of the early true
Ann_McKim
Village in Dorset, England
features a public house (the Hambro Arms), a Post Office/shop, the Tea Clipper Tea Rooms, a now redundant school building, and a Wesleyan chapel. In 1953
Milton_Abbas
Baseball stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine Park (formerly known as "Clipper Magazine Stadium") is a baseball park located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood
Penn_Medicine_Park
Opium clipper and tea clipper. She sailed in the First Tea Race in 1850. Sea Witch sailed from Gravesend to Shanghai in 95 days. The First Tea Race from
Sea_Witch_(1848_barque)
British tea clipper, built of teak and greenheart in 1860. For 20 years, Flying Spur sailed with cargoes of tea between London and the Chinese tea ports
Flying_Spur_(clipper)
1853 British tea clipper
Lord of the Isles was the first iron-hulled tea clipper, built in Greenock in 1853. She served in the tea trade until 1862, and also made voyages to Australia
Lord_of_the_Isles_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
(2005) (2005–present) Flying Spur (horse), a racehorse Flying spur (clipper), a tea clipper This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Flying_Spur
Lammermuir, named for the Lammermuir Hills, was a tea clipper designed by William Pile. She was the first clipper owned by Jock Willis Shipping Line. She was
Lammermuir_(1856_clipper)
Design company in London, England
organic, Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil), while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively
WMH&I
1844 clippership
Houqua was an early clipper ship with an innovative hull design, built for A.A. Low & Brother in 1844. She sailed in the China trade. Houqua was named
Houqua_(clipper)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Nightingale was originally the tea clipper and slave ship Nightingale, launched in 1851. USS Saratoga captured her off Africa in 1861; the United
USS_Nightingale_(1851)
British tea brand
origin of tea-drinking lies in China and the famous tea clipper ships raced across the seas to bring tea to London. In the 18th century, tea had become
Mazawattee_Tea_Company
British tea clipper built in the closing years of construction of this sort of ship. She measured 847 tons NRT. Like the majority of the tea clippers
Windhover_(clipper_ship)
British clipper
recounted many tales of the ship and of the clipper ships in his book Great Days Of Sail: Reminiscences of a Tea Clipper Captain, published in 1926 when he could
Norman_Court
Hallowe’en was a 920-ton iron clipper ship. She was built in 1870 by Maudslay, Son & Field at Greenwich, England, for Jock Willis & Sons (commissioned
Hallowe'en_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
(ASR-18), a planned ship that was cancelled in 1945 Windhover (clipper ship), a tea clipper built in 1868 This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Windhover
American clippership
Flying Fish was a California clipper ship of the extreme type launched in 1851. Her figurehead was a green and gold flying fish. At full sail she could
Flying_Fish_(clipper)
Green had declared his decision not to be beaten by them. He had a new tea clipper built at his yard at Blackwall, called the Challenger, of 699 tons, and
Challenger_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Cutty Sark is a tea clipper ship built in Scotland, now in permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London. Cutty Sark may also refer to: Cutty Sark (whisky)
Cutty_Sark_(disambiguation)
Poetic pursuer
subsequently became a well-known catchphrase. She gave her name to the tea clipper Cutty Sark, which featured her figurehead at the bow. In Burns' poem
Cutty-sark_(witch)
Ship that went missing in 1869
19th-century Boston-based clipper that disappeared without a trace while en route to Yokohama in 1869. Java was a clipper built in 1849 by George Raynes
Java_(1849_ship)
Clipper, launched 1851
Witch of the Wave was a long-lived extreme clipper in the California trade, with a sailing life of over 34 years. In 1851, she sailed from Calcutta to
Witch_of_the_Wave
Tea clipper
Robin Hood was a tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons, in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1856. The ship's best known commander was Capt. Cobb. The ship
Robin_Hood_(ship)
Defunct British shipping company
ship-owning firm. It owned a number of clippers including the historic tea clipper Cutty Sark. The company was founded in London by John 'Jock' Willis (1791–1862)
Jock_Willis_Shipping_Line
1851 American extreme clipper
was an 1851 California clipper built by William H. Webb which sailed in the Australia trade and the tea trade. This extreme clipper was very fast. She had
Comet_(clipper)
shore-based location Cutty Sark (1869), Tea Clipper, Restored, Greenwich, England Ambassador (1869), Tea Clipper, Beached skeleton, Estancia San Gregorio
Composite_ship
The Serica was a clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Co., at Greenock on the south bank of the Clyde, Scotland, for James Findlay. She was the last-but-one
Serica_(clipper)
Ship built in 1867
Leander was a composite built clipper ship. She was designed by Bernard Waymouth, and built in 1867 by J G Lawrie of Glasgow for Joseph Somes. She had
Leander_(clipper)
English composite barque
William Pile also built City of Adelaide the world's oldest surviving clipper ship, of only two that survive — the other being the Cutty Sark. Osaka's
Osaka_(barque)
The Memnon was the first clipper ship to arrive in San Francisco after the Gold Rush, and the only clipper to arrive in San Francisco before 1850. Built
Memnon_(clipper)
1988 thriller novel by Tom Clancy
presence of a KGB agent infiltrating Bright Star's American counterpart Tea Clipper, which alarms the CIA. The CIA then tasks Foley with extracting Filitov
The_Cardinal_of_the_Kremlin
British clipper
a British clipper built by William Walker and launched in Rotherhithe, London, on 2 July 1870. After many years of service as a tea clipper, she was operated
Lothair_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
for a burning piece of wood used as a beacon Fiery Cross (clipper), a British tea clipper The Fiery Cross (Bruch), an 1889 cantata by Max Bruch The Fiery
Fiery_cross
The Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train was a dinner train that operated in Michigan for 24 years; first out of Paw Paw, for approximately two years, then
Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train
Michigan_Star_Clipper_Dinner_Train
British rose breeder and writer (1926-2018)
repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas. Austin's first commercially available rose, Rosa 'Constance
David_C._H._Austin
World's oldest surviving clipper ship, completed in 1864
City of Adelaide is a clipper ship, built in Sunderland, England, and launched on 7 May 1864. It was built by Pile, Hay and Co. to transport passengers
City_of_Adelaide_(1864)
First British clipper vessel
described as the first clipper vessel to be built in Britain. Her design of sharp, forward-raked bow, later called the "clipper bow" or Aberdeen bow, pioneered
Scottish_Maid
1852 American clipper ship
Golden State was an extreme clipper ship built by Jacob Aaron Westervelt in 1852 in New York City and launched on January 10, 1853. In 1883 she was renamed
Golden_State_(clipper)
Surprise was a California clipper built in East Boston in 1850. It initially rounded Cape Horn to California, but the vessel's owners, A. A. Low & Brother
Surprise_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
single and album by Isgaard An encryption backdoor; see Clipper chip § Later debates Jin Suo Chi tea (lit. Golden Key) The Golden Key (disambiguation) This
Golden_key
1927 film
The Yankee Clipper is a 88-minute 1927 American silent adventure film directed by Rupert Julian. It is set against the maritime rivalry between the United
The_Yankee_Clipper_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
given to three different US Navy ships Flying Fish (clipper), an American clipper ship engaged in the tea trade, constructed in 1851 Chinese cutter Feiyu
Flying_fish_(disambiguation)
Cromdale was the last clipper ship built for the Australian wool trade. She measured 271 feet (83 m) in length. The American clipper ship era lasted from
Cromdale_(clipper)
Seaside resort in Norfolk, England
April 2025. "California tea room opening at former fish and chip shop". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 8 March 2024. "1, 1A - Coastal Clipper - Martham,Repps Road
California,_Norfolk
British group of Protestant missionaries to China
missionaries and four children who travelled to China in 1866 aboard the tea clipper Lammermuir. The party was led by Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China
Lammermuir_Party
Topics referred to by the same term
Stornoway (band), a band from Oxford, United Kingdom Stornoway (clipper), an 1850 British tea clipper Stornoway Airport, near Stornoway, Scotland Stornoway Communications
Stornoway_(disambiguation)
Iron-hulled steamship with more efficient engine
journey from Liverpool to Hong Kong took 65 days. This beat the fastest tea clipper outward passage of 77 days by the Cairngorm in 1853. The opening of the
SS_Agamemnon_(1865)
Sir Lancelot was a clipper ship which sailed in the China trade and the India-Mauritius trade. She was built in 1865 by Robert Steele & Company, Greenock
Sir_Lancelot_(clipper)
19th c. American clipper ship
including rice, sugar, tea, and "treasure" and was never heard of again. Howe, Octavius T.; Matthews, Frederick C. (1926). America Clipper Ships 1833-1858.
Bald_Eagle_(clipper)
American shipbuilder
1850 Stag Hound, extreme clipper, 1534 tons OM – first large clipper ship built by Donald McKay 1851 Flying Cloud, extreme clipper, 1782 tons OM 1851 Staffordshire
Donald_McKay
1944 work by Ivan Yefremov
her, which ended with a beautiful version of dry-docking the legendary tea clipper in the United States. The story was translated into English and other
Cutty_Sark_(short_story)
British Vessel
Lammermuir was an extreme clipper ship built in 1864 by Pile, Spence and Company of West Hartlepool for John "Jock" "White Hat" Willis & Son, London.
Lammermuir_(1864_clipper)
Reindeer (clipper) (1848) Stornoway (clipper) (1850) Mimosa (clipper) (1853) Robin Hood (clipper) (1856) Flying Spur (clipper) (1860) The Murray (clipper) (1861)
Alexander_Hall_and_Sons
Scottish shipbuilding firm
of Killick Martin & Company was the last tea clipper made by Steele. The following is a list of some of the Tea Clippers built by Robert Steele & Company:
Robert_Steele_&_Company
China. It is best known for taking a pioneering role in the financing of clipper ships, especially the American-built Rainbow and Sea Witch. The firm, originally
Howland_&_Aspinwall
Extreme clipper launched in 1850
Sea Serpent was an 1850 extreme clipper that sailed in the San Francisco trade, the China trade, and the transatlantic lumber trade. She was one of the
Sea_Serpent_(clipper)
pp. 297–298. Robert Bennet Forbes. Ross, Don. "The Era of the Clipper Ships". China Tea Trade. The Era of the Clipper Ships. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
Paul_Jones_(1843_ship)
Variety of alcoholic beverages
January 2024. Clark, Arthur H. (1910). The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders
Grog
Scottish composite clipper
Ariel and Taeping which took part in the great tea race of 1866, and Sir Lancelot, another renown clipper ship. Kaisow was the 173rd vessel to have been
Kaisow_(clipper)
Topics referred to by the same term
Punjabi-language film Darra Goldstein (born 1951), American professor Darra (clipper), a tea-clipper, part of the ships' graveyard on Quail Island, New Zealand Battle
Darra
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
initiative. On October 14, 2024, Falcon Heavy transported NASA's Europa Clipper into space to explore Jupiter's moon Europa. Falcon Heavy consists of a
Falcon_Heavy
Extreme clipper ship that sailed from 1851 to 1861
to be the only true extreme clipper built by Donald McKay. He built many other clippers for speed, but no other clipper hulls were to have the 40" dead
Stag_Hound
British clipper ship built in 1868 and sunk in 1888
The Star of Greece was a three-masted clipper that was built in 1868 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for JP Corry & Co. It was wrecked on the coast of
Star_of_Greece
False Beer (Really just root beer and cream soda...) (1978) Teas: Blueberry Tea Ginger Peach Tea Alsi Cola Arab Cola Code Red fifa Kinza – major beverage
List of soft drinks by country
List_of_soft_drinks_by_country
19th c. US clipper ship
Driver was a clipper ship, constructed for David Ogden et al. in 1854 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. She sailed between New York and Liverpool carrying
Driver_(clipper)
British sea captain (1816–1889)
set for London, with a cargo of tea from Canton. The Challenge was a larger vessel of 2,000 tones, an extreme clipper built expressly for speed and capacity
James_Killick
Australian skipper
1965) is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia. She was the first female skipper
Wendy_Tuck
Topics referred to by the same term
of Protestant missionaries who travelled to China in 1866 aboard the tea clipper Lammermuir, accompanied by James Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China
Lammermoor
especially in the West Indies. In the United States, the term "clipper" referred to the Baltimore clipper, a topsail schooner that was developed in Chesapeake Bay
Maritime history of the United States (1800–1899)
Maritime_history_of_the_United_States_(1800–1899)
1992 video game
game is played by managing a trading company during the golden age of clipper ships, purchasing goods at one port, moving them to another and selling
1869_(video_game)
Book series by Jamie Scallion
with risible auditions, but then soccer ace Clipper shows what he can do on drums and estate bad-boy Tea surprises them with his skill on the bass guitar
The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Diaries
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German lappe ‘rag’, ‘cloth’, apparently denoting a cobbler.German : habitational name for someone from Lepp.English : nickname for a person with leprosy, Middle English lepre ‘leper’.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German
Climber
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of cereal crops, from an agent derivative of Middle English cropt(en) ‘to pick’. The word was used also to denote the polling of cattle and the name may therefore have been given to someone who did this.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Norfolk)
English (chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for the master of a ship, Middle English skipper (from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper).English (chiefly Norfolk) : from an agent derivative of Middle English skip(en) ‘to jump or spring’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), hence an occupational name for an acrobat or professional tumbler, or nickname for a high-spirited person.English (chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for a basket-maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English skipp(e), skepp(e) ‘basket’, ‘hamper’ (Old Norse skeppa).
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : unexplained.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of Klima.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who made or sold baskets, or else carried wares about in a basket, from an agent derivative of Middle English (h)rip ‘basket’ (Old Norse hrip).German : variant of Ripp.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Copper red
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crispin.
Girl/Female
Irish
Nickname andIrish name Tabar meaning a well.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English cappe ‘cap’, ‘headgear’, hence an occupational name for a maker of caps and hats.Dutch : variant of Capers.
Boy/Male
British, English
Traveler
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French cropere ‘crupper’, the part of a horse’s saddlery that passes from the tail to the back of the saddle or collar, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cruppers and other harness.
Girl/Female
Indian
Dark lipped
Boy/Male
Native American
Slippery.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cooper, from Middle English copere, found from the 12th century alongside cupere.English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in copper, Old English coper (Latin (aes) Cyprium ‘Cyprian bronze’).Respelling of German Kopper.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clapper ‘rough bridge’, applied as a topographic name or as a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word.English : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English clappe ‘chatter’.Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Klapper ‘chatterer’.Americanized form of German Klopper, a metonymic occupational name relating to several trades, from Middle Low German klopper ‘clapper’, ‘bobbin’, ‘hammer’.
Boy/Male
English
Captain.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Scandinavian
Ship Captain; Master; Ship-master
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney, an occupational name, the meaning of which has not been established.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an occupational name for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe ‘tip’, ‘head’. On the other hand it may possibly be a bawdy nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English t̄pe(n) ‘to knock over’ (of obscure origin; here with a sexually suggestive sense). The same name has been established in Ireland, in County Kildare, since the beginning of the 14th century.German : topographic name from a Westphalian field name, Tippe, of unexplained etymology.
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Swedish
God is Gracious; Modern Female Version of John and Jon; Merciful
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Odharnait, ORNAT means "little sallow one." Compare with another form of Ornat.
Male
Arthurian
, a knight of the Round Table.
Female
English
English Shakespearean name, derived from Latin mirandus, MIRANDA means "worthy of admiration."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Of Good Fortune; The Lord
Girl/Female
Celtic, Gaelic, Indian, Irish
Beloved One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : altered form of Debnam.
Girl/Female
Indian
Whole, Complete
Male
Greek
(Κάδμος) Greek name KADMOS means "the east." In mythology, this is the name of the son of the king of Phoenicia and brother of Europe. He was said to have founded the city of Thebes and introduced the alphabet to the Phoenicians.
Male
Finnish
Finnish name TARMO means "energy, power."
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
CLIPPER TEAS
n.
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
n.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.
a.
Slippery.
a.
Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
n.
A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
n.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
a.
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
v. t.
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
a.
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
a.
Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
v. t.
To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
v. t.
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
n.
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
a.
Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
n.
The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
n.
See Flipper.
a.
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.