pipe : Idioms & Phrases

Air" pipe`

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1. A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.

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Blast" pipe`

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1. The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.

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• a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end.

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• noun a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
  briar.
  

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• noun a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
  calabash.
  

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• (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers.

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• noun a pipe made of clay
  

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• a tube or pipe used for injections.

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• noun a pipe through which fluids can be discharged
  

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• noun a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud
  

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• noun a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
  bourdon; drone.
  

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• (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler.

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• (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.

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• noun hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
  Dutchman's-pipe; Aristolochia durior; Aristolochia macrophylla.
  

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• . See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

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• (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve.

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• noun a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler
  

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• (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.

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• a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water.

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• noun a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
  fipple flute; recorder; vertical flute.
  

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• noun organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
  flue pipe; flue.
  

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• an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to column of air in the pipe.

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• noun small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
  waxflower; Monotropa uniflora.
  

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• (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

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• a pipe, passageway, or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump.

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• the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.

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• noun organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
  flue pipe; flue.
  

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• noun reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
  chanter.
  

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• an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound.

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• noun a small simple oboe
  

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• (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same length.

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• noun the flues and stops on a pipe organ
  pipe; pipework.
  

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• . See Pipe, n., 1.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Tubipora.

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• (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.

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• . (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under Paddock.

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• noun a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
  panpipe; syrinx.
  

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• noun a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
  peace pipe; calumet.
  

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• (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

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• noun a small homemade bomb usually contained in a metal pipe
  

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• noun a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
  bowl.
  

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• noun a clamp for holding pipe that is to be cut or threaded
  pipe clamp.
  

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Pipe" clay`

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1. A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

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• noun cleaning implement consisting of a flexible tufted wire that is used to clean a pipe stem
  

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• noun a hand tool for cutting pipe
  

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• verb become quiet or quieter
  quiesce; quiet; quiet down; hush; quieten.
  
  • The audience fell silent when the speaker entered

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• noun a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
  dream.
  
  • I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe

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• noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
  plumber.
  

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• one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building.

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• noun fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together
  pipefitting.
  

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• a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe.

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• verb transport to a destiny through pipes
  
  • We have to pipe in oil
• verb bring in through pipes
  
  • Music was piped into the offices

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• noun the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
  

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• noun a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
  peace pipe; calumet.
  

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• an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. Eng.

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• noun wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
  organ.
  

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• noun a rack for holding a smoker's pipes
  

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• noun a smoker who uses a pipe
  

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• (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; called also pipe privet.

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• verb begin to play or sing
  
• verb utter a shrill cry
  pipe; shrill; shriek.
  

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• noun hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
  Dutchman's-pipe; Aristolochia durior; Aristolochia macrophylla.
  

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• noun a clamp for holding pipe that is to be cut or threaded
  pipe clamp.
  

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• noun adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe
  tube wrench.
  

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• a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it.

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• verb whiten or clean with pipe-clay
  
  • pipe-clay leather

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• (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.

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• noun a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
  

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• a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune.

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• (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.

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• noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; purging cassia; canafistula; canafistola; golden shower tree.
  

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• . See Quail call, above.

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• a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.

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• noun organ pipe with a vibrating reed
  

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• (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.

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• (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.

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• noun a vertical pipe in a building
  riser; riser pipeline; riser main.
  

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• a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb.

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• (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in dept, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; called also sand gall.

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• a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. Tomlinson.

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• noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
  musette.
  
• noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
  treble recorder; flageolet.
  

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• (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine.

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• a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.

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• noun drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.
  

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• a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.

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• noun a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water
  

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• noun a pipe conducting steam
  steam line.
  

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• any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.

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• the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively.

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• noun a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor
  

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• (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.

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• to console one's self as best one can. Obs. Chaucer.

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• to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, a custom of the American Indians.

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• (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant (Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. Dr. Prior.

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• noun a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
  pipe.
  

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• . (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.

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• (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; called also cimolite.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Pipemouth.

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Twire"-pipe` noun

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1. A vagabond musician. Obs.

   You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl.

   You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman.

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• noun a pipe through which liquid is carried away
  drain; drainpipe.
  

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• a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like.

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• noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
  hubble-bubble; sheesha; kalian; hubbly-bubbly; nargileh; hookah; calean; shisha; chicha; narghile.
  
  • a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola

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Wa"ter pipe

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1. A pipe for conveying water.

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