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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIPE, n. [Eng. fife.]
1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a long tube of wood or metal; as a rural pipe. The word, I believe, is not now the proper technical name of any particular instrument, but is applicable to any tubular wind instrument, and it occurs in bagpipe.
2. A long tube or hollow body; applied to the veins and arteries of the body, and to many hollow bodies, particularly such as are used for conductors of water or other fluids.
3. A tube of clay with a bowl at one end; used in smoking tobacco.
4. The organs of voice and respiration; as in windpipe.
5. The key or sound of the voice.
6. In England, a roll in the exchequer, or the exchequer itself. Hence, pipe-office is an office in which the clerk of the pipe makes out leases of crown lands, accounts of sheriffs, etc.
7. A cask containing two hogsheads or 120 gallons, used for wine; or the quantity which it contains.
8. In mining, a pipe is where the ore runs forward endwise in a hole, and does not sink downwards or in a vein.
PIPE, v.i. To play on a pipe, fife, flute or other tubular wind instrument of music.
We have piped to you, and ye have not danced. Matthew 11.
1. To have a shrill sound; to whistle.
PIPE, v.t. To play on a wind instrument. 1 Corinthians 14.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco [syn: pipe, tobacco pipe]
2: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. [syn: pipe, pipage, piping]
3: a hollow cylindrical shape [syn: pipe, tube]
4: a tubular wind instrument
5: the flues and stops on a pipe organ [syn: organ pipe, pipe, pipework] v
1: utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]
2: transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"
3: play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
4: trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English p?pa (akin to Old High German pf?fa pipe), from Vulgar Latin *pipa pipe, from Latin pipare to peep, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century 1. a. a tubular wind instrument; specifically a small fipple flute held in and played by the left hand b. one of the tubes of a pipe organ: (1) flue pipe (2) reed pipe c. bagpipe — usually used in plural d. (1) voice, vocal cord — usually used in plural (2) piping 1 2. a. a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid or for structural purposes b. a means of transmission (as of television signals or computer data) <a broadband fiber-optic pipe> 3. a. a tubular or cylindrical object, part, or passage b. a roughly cylindrical and vertical geological formation c. the eruptive channel opening into the crater of a volcano 4. a. a large cask of varying capacity used especially for wine and oil b. any of various units of liquid capacity based on the size of a pipe; especially a unit equal to two hogsheads 5. a device for smoking usually consisting of a tube having a bowl at one end and a mouthpiece at the other 6. snap 2c, cinch • pipeful noun • pipeless adjective • pipelike adjective II. verb (piped; piping) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to play on a pipe b. to convey orders by signals on a boatswain's pipe 2. a. to speak in a high or shrill voice b. to emit a shrill sound transitive verb 1. a. to play (a tune) on a pipe b. to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe 2. a. to lead or cause to go with pipe music b. (1) to call or direct by the boatswain's pipe (2) to receive aboard or attend the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe 3. to trim with piping 4. to furnish or equip with pipes 5. to convey by or as if by pipes; especially to transmit by wire or coaxial cable 6. notice

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a tube of metal, plastic, wood, etc. used to convey water, gas, etc. 2 (also tobacco-pipe) a a narrow wooden or clay etc. tube with a bowl at one end containing burning tobacco, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth. b the quantity of tobacco held by this (smoked a pipe). 3 Mus. a a wind instrument consisting of a single tube. b any of the tubes by which sound is produced in an organ. c (in pl.) = BAGPIPES. d (in pl.) a set of pipes joined together, e.g. pan-pipes. 4 a tubal organ, vessel, etc. in an animal's body. 5 a high note or song, esp. of a bird. 6 a cylindrical vein of ore. 7 a cavity in cast metal. 8 a a boatswain's whistle. b the sounding of this. 9 a cask for wine, esp. as a measure of two hogsheads, usu. equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 litres). 10 archaic the voice, esp. in singing. --v.tr. 1 (also absol.) play (a tune etc.) on a pipe or pipes. 2 a convey (oil, water, gas, etc.) by pipes. b provide with pipes. 3 transmit (music, a radio programme, etc.) by wire or cable. 4 (usu. foll. by up, on, to, etc.) Naut. a summon (a crew) to a meal, work, etc. b signal the arrival of (an officer etc.) on board. 5 utter in a shrill voice; whistle. 6 a arrange (icing, cream, etc.) in decorative lines or twists on a cake etc. b ornament (a cake etc.) with piping. 7 trim (a dress etc.) with piping. 8 lead or bring (a person etc.) by the sound of a pipe. 9 propagate (pinks etc.) by taking cuttings at the joint of a stem. Phrases and idioms: pipe away give a signal for (a boat) to start. pipe-cleaner a piece of flexible covered wire for cleaning a tobacco-pipe. pipe down 1 colloq. be quiet or less insistent. 2 Naut. dismiss from duty. pipe-fish any of various long slender fish of the family Syngnathidae, with an elongated snout. pipe-light a spill for lighting a pipe. pipe major an NCO commanding regimental pipers. pipe-organ Mus. an organ using pipes instead of or as well as reeds. pipe-rack a rack for holding tobacco-pipes. pipe-rolls hist. the annual records of the British Exchequer from the 12th-19th c. prob. because subsidiary documents were rolled in pipe form. pipe-stem the shaft of a tobacco-pipe. pipe-stone a hard red clay used by US Indians for tobacco-pipes. pipe up begin to play, sing, speak, etc. put that in your pipe and smoke it colloq. a challenge to another to accept something frank or unwelcome. Derivatives: pipeful n. (pl. -fuls). pipeless adj. pipy adj. Etymology: OE pipe, pipian & OF piper f. Gmc ult. f. L pipare peep, chirp

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pipe Pipe, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. 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. pl. 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. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it. 11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L. 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 (Bot.), 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pipe Pipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piped; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. (Naut.) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pipe Pipe, v. i. 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. (Naut.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pipes, piping, piped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pipe is a long, round, hollow object, usually made of metal or plastic, through which a liquid or gas can flow. They had accidentally damaged a gas pipe while drilling... N-COUNT 2. A pipe is an object which is used for smoking tobacco. You put the tobacco into the cup-shaped part at the end of the pipe, light it, and breathe in the smoke through a narrow tube. N-COUNT 3. A pipe is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes in it. You play a pipe by blowing into it while covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers. N-COUNT 4. An organ pipe is one of the long hollow tubes in which air vibrates and produces a musical note. N-COUNT 5. If liquid or gas is piped somewhere, it is transferred from one place to another through a pipe. The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water... The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir... Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water. VERB: be V-ed prep, V n with adv, V-ed 6. see also piping, piping hot

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored through," and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered "instrument of music." This instrument is mentioned also in the New Testament (Matt. 11:17; 1 Cor. 14:7). It is still used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as reed, copper, bronze, etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pip.

See CANDLESTICK; LAMP; MUSIC.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Wind instrument. 2. Tube, conduit. 3. Tobacco-pipe, clay-pipe. 4. Windpipe, trachea, weasand, throttle. 5. Voice. 6. Bird-call, whistle. 7. Butt, cask. 8. [pl.] Bagpipes (colloq..) II. v. n. 1. Play, sound. 2. Whistle, sound shrill.

Moby Thesaurus

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