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  • 41pipe — n 1. American a gun. An item of street jargon used especially by adolescent criminals in the 1990s. ► Teachers report that teenagers talk about packing a barrel or chilling someone with a pipe . (Sunday Times, 31 August 1992) 2. British a… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 42pipe fitter — noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances • Syn: ↑plumber • Hypernyms: ↑craftsman, ↑artisan, ↑journeyman, ↑artificer * * * noun : one who fits, threa …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 43Pipe —    (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means bored through, and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 44pipe clay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc. [1750 60] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 45Pipe-opener — 1. alcoholic drink, especially one taken early in the day, often as a remedy for a hangover; 2. any drink, as strong coffee, etc., taken before one begins the day s activities …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 46pipe-opener — Australian Slang 1. alcoholic drink, especially one taken early in the day, often as a remedy for a hangover; 2. any drink, as strong coffee, etc., taken before one begins the day s activities …

    English dialects glossary

  • 47pipe fitter — noun (C) someone who puts in and repairs pipes for water, gas etc …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48Portal:Pipe organ — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology …

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  • 49To smoke the pipe of peace — Pipe Pipe, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Steam pipe — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English