Pip Pip noun [ Perh. for
pick , French
pique a spade at cards, a pike. Confer
Pique .]
One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.
Pip Pip intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pipped ;
present participle & verbal noun Pipping .] [ See
Peep .]
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.
Boyle.
Pipa Pi·pa noun ;
plural Pipas (Zoology) The Surinam toad ( Pipa Americana ), noted for its peculiar breeding habits. » The male places the eggs on the back of the female, where they soon become inclosed in capsules formed by the thickening of the skin. The incubation of the eggs takes place in the capsules, and the young, when hatched, come forth with well developed legs.
Pipage Pip"age noun Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
Pipal tree Pi"pal tree` Same as Peepul tree .
Pipe Pipe noun [ Anglo-Saxon
pīpe , probably from Latin
pipare ,
pipire , to chirp; of imitative origin. Confer
Peep ,
Pibroch ,
Fife .]
1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe ; the pipe of an organ. "Tunable as sylvan
pipe ."
Milton. Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe .
Shak. 2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc. 3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances. 4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions. 5. The key or sound of the voice. [ R.]
Shak. 6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird. The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds.
Tennyson. 7. plural The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow. 8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore. 9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll , on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe. Mozley & W. 10. (Nautical) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it. 11. [ Confer French
pipe , from
pipe a wind instrument, a tube, from Latin
pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.]
A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. Pipe fitter ,
one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. --
Pipe fitting ,
a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. --
Pipe office ,
an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [ Eng.] --
Pipe tree (Botany) ,
the lilac and the mock orange; -- so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; -- called also pipe privet . --
Pipe wrench , or
Pipetongs ,
a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it. --
To smoke the pipe of peace ,
to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians.
Pipe Pipe intransitive verb 1. To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced.
Matt. xi. 17. 2. (Nautical) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain. 3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. "Oft in the
piping shrouds."
Wordsworth. 4. (Metal.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.
Pipe Pipe transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Piped ;
present participle & verbal noun Piping .]
1. To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe. A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes.
W. Irving. 2. (Nautical) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft.
Marryat. 3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
Pipe clay Pipe" clay` (klā`). A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.
Pipe line Pipe line A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, esp. petroleum, between distant points.
Pipe-line Pipe"-line` transitive verb To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
Pipeclay Pipe"clay` transitive verb 1. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments. 2. To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts. [ Slang, Eng.]
Piped Piped adjective Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
Pipefish Pipe"fish` noun (Zoology) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma , or Syngnathus , and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.
Pipelayer Pipe"lay`er noun ,
or Pipe" lay`er 1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc. 2. (Polit. Cant) A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word. [ U.S.]
Pipelaying Pipe"lay`ing noun ,
or Pipe" lay`ing 1. The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc. 2. (Polit. Cant) The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word. [ U.S.]
Pipemouth Pipe"mouth` noun (Zoology) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish . See Fistularia .
Piper Pi"per noun [ Latin ]
See Pepper .
Piper Pip"er noun 1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. "The hereditary
piper and his sons."
Macaulay. 2. (Zoology) (a) A common European gurnard ( Trigla lyra ), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin ( Goniocidaris hystrix ) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. To pay the piper ,
to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
Piperaceous Pip`er·a"ceous adjective [ Latin
piper pepper.]
(Botany) Of or pertaining to the order of plants ( Piperaceæ ) of which the pepper ( Piper nigrum ) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
Piperazine Pi·per"a·zine noun Also
- zin [
Piper idine +
az ote +
-ine .]
(Chemistry) A crystalline substance, (C 2 H 4 NH) 2 , formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.
Piperic Pi·per"ic (pi*pĕr"ĭk)
adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance.
Piperidge Pip"er·idge noun (Botany) Same as Pepperidge .
Piperidine Pi·per"i·dine noun (Chemistry) An oily liquid alkaloid, C 5 H 11 N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
Piperine Pip"er·ine noun [ Latin
piper pepper: confer French
piperin ,
piperine .]
(Chemistry) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper ( Piper nigrum ) and other species.
Piperonal Pip`er·o"nal noun (Chemistry) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
Piperylene Pi·per"y·lene noun [
Piper idine + acet
ylene .]
(Chemistry) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.
Pipestem Pipe"stem` noun The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc. Took a long reed for a pipestem .
Longfellow.
Pipestone Pipe"stone` noun A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Confer Catlinite .
Pipette Pi·pette" noun [ French, dim. of
pipe .]
A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.
Pipevine Pipe"vine` noun (Botany) The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman .
Pipevine Pipe"vine` noun Any climbing species of Aristolochia ; esp., the Dutchman's pipe ( A. sipho ).
Pipewood Pipe"wood` noun An ericaceous shrub ( Leucothoë acuminata ) of the southern United States, from the wood of which pipe bowls are made.
Pipewort Pipe"wort` noun (Botany) Any plant of a genus ( Eriocaulon ) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.
Piping Pip"ing (pīp"ĭng)
adjective [ From
Pipe ,
v. ]
1. Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and
piping swains ."
Swift. 2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. Shak. 3. Emitting a high, shrill sound. 4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids. Piping crow ,
Piping crow shrike ,
Piping roller (Zoology) ,
any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina , esp. G. tibicen , which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck . --
Piping frog (Zoology) ,
a small American tree frog ( Hyla Pickeringii ) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring. --
Piping hot ,
boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [ Colloq.]
Milton.
Piping Pip"ing noun 1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses. 2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house. 3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc. 4. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
Pipistrel, Pipistrelle Pi·pis"trel, Pip`i·strelle" noun [ French
pipistrelle , Italian
pipistrello .]
(Zoology) A small European bat ( Vesperugo pipistrellus ); -- called also flittermouse .
Pipit Pip"it noun [ So named from its call note.]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidæ . They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks , and pipit larks . » The
meadow pipit (
Anthus pratensis ); the
tree pipit , or tree lark (
A. trivialis ); and the
rock pipit , or sea lark (
A. obscurus ) are well-known European species. The common American
pipit , or brown lark, is
Anthus Pensilvanicus . The Western species (
A. Spraguei ) is called the
American skylark , on account of its musical powers.
Pipkin Pip"kin noun [ Dim. of
Pipe .]
A small earthen boiler.
Pippin Pip"pin noun [ Probably from Middle English
pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See
Pip a seed.]
(Botany) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin , summer pippin , fall pippin , golden pippin . We will eat a last year's pippin .
Shak. Normandy pippins ,
sun-dried apples for winter use.
Pippul tree Pip"pul tree` Same as Peepul tree .
Pipra Pi"pra noun ;
plural Pipras . [ New Latin , from Greek ... a woodpecker.]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridæ . The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
Piprine Pi"prine adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridæ .
Pipsissewa Pip·sis"se·wa noun [ From American Indian.]
(Botany) A low evergreen plant ( Chimaphila umbellata ), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine .
Pipy Pip"y adjective Like a pipe; hollow- stemmed. Keats.
Piquancy Pi"quan·cy noun [ See
Piquant .]
The quality or state of being piquant.
Piquant Pi"quant adjective [ French, present participle of
piquer to prick or sting. See
Pike .]
Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. "As
piquant to the tongue as salt."
Addison. "
Piquant railleries."
Gov. of Tongue.
Piquantly Pi"quant·ly adverb In a piquant manner.
Piqué Pi`qué" noun [ French, past participle of
piquer to prick.]
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
Pique Pique noun (Zoology) The jigger. See Jigger .
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