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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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