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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Piping

/(pīp"ĭng)/ · Pip·ing · IPA /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/
01 a. Playing on a musical pipe.
  1. 1.
    Playing on a musical pipe.
  2. 2.
    Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
  3. 3.
    Emitting a high, shrill sound.
  4. 4.
    Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Phrases & compounds
Piping crow — 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 — a small American tree frog (Hyla Pickeringii) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring.
Piping hot — boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot.
02 n. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
  1. 1.
    A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
  2. 2.
    Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
  3. 3.
    The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
  4. 4.
    A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.