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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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