Piping
['paɪpɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) playing a pipe or the bagpipes.
(noun.) a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems.
(adv.) (used of heat) extremely; 'the casserole was piping hot'.
Inputed by Lawrence--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe
(v.) Playing on a musical pipe.
(v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
(v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.
(v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
(n.) A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
(n.) Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
(n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
(n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
Edited by Jonathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Whining, feeble, sickly, weak.[2]. Simmering, boiling.
Edited by Kelsey
Definition
adj. uttering a weak shrill piping sound like the sick: sickly: feeble: boiling.—n. act of piping: sound of pipes: a system of pipes for any purpose: small cord used as trimming for dresses &c.: a slip or cutting taken from a plant with a jointed stem.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- That's odd, said Mr. Limp, a meditative shoemaker, with weak eyes and a piping voice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am a poet, not a ruler; and Napoleons are made of stronger stuff than mere bards piping their idle song, and letting the world go by. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He thrust his hand into the boot and withdrew one of poor Thomasin's precious guineas, piping hot. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The conductors having been drawn in, a preparation of asphaltum and linseed oil was forced into the piping to serve as insulation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Hence, iron and steel were entirely eliminated in its construction, copper being used for fixtures for steam and water piping, and, indeed, for all other purposes where metal was employed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In old times the woods and solitudes were made joyous to the shepherd by the imaginary piping and dancing of Pan and the nymphs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Among these, two made themselves prominent by their peculiarity: one was a very strong bass, the other a wheezy thin piping. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The round eyes, eager gaze, the piping voice which enunciated the words, had operated like stilettos on his brain. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Ribbons, and silks, and flowers, and pipings; quite unlike the real shepherds and shepherdesses of Melnos, but deliciously delicate for all that. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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