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   Pip , n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pépie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip.  Cf. Pituite.] A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a “scale” on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
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   Pip, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin.  Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.
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   Pip, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike.  Cf. Pique.] One of the conventional figures or “spots” on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
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   Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
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   To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.
   Boyle.
   
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