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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.
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A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. --W.
Irving.
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2. (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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3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or
a building.
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Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From {Pipe}, v.]
1. Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and piping
swains." --Swift.
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2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of
the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak.
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3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
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4. 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 \Pip"ing\, n.
1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for
women's dresses.
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2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
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3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds,
etc.
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4. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also,
propagation by cuttings.
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high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of {low}. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched,
nasal}; {altissimo}; {alto}; {countertenor, alto};
{falsetto}; {peaky, spiky}; {piping}; {shrill, sharp};
{screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing};
{soprano, treble}; {sopranino}; {tenor}]

Syn: high.
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2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched
roof.

Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
[WordNet 1.5] high-power