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   Pipe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piping.]
   To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
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   A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes.
   W. Irving.
   
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   (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
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   As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft.
   Marryat.
   
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   To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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   Piping , a. [From Pipe, v.]
   Playing on a musical pipe. “Lowing herds and piping swains.” 
   Swift.
   
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   Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
   Shak.
   
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   Emitting a high, shrill sound.
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   Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
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   Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller (Zool.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. Gymnorhina tibicen, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck. -- Piping frog (Zool.), 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.
   
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   Piping, n.
   A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
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   Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
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   The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
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   A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
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