piping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: piping	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for piping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piping adv (used of heat) extremely; "the casserole was piping hot" Synonym(s): piping, steaming n a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. Synonym(s): pipe, pipage, piping playing a pipe or the bagpipes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. --W. Irving. 2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. --Marryat. 3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piping \Pip"ing\, n. 1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses. 2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house. 3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc. 4. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[icr]ng), a. [From {Pipe}, v.] 1. Playing on a musical pipe. [bd]Lowing herds and piping swains.[b8] --Swift. 2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak. 3. Emitting a high, shrill sound. 4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids. {Piping crow}, {Piping crow shrike}, {Piping roller} (Zo[94]l.), any Australian bird of the genus {Gymnorhina}, esp. {G. tibicen}, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also {caruck}. {Piping frog} (Zo[94]l.), 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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
piping {pipe}