a small pipe

  • 1pipe someone aboard — phrase if sailors pipe someone aboard their ship, they formally welcome them by playing a special tune on a small pipe Thesaurus: sailing and boatinghyponym Main entry: pipe …

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  • 2Pipe (fluid conveyance) — For structural pipe, see Hollow structural section. For other uses, see Pipe (disambiguation). Steel pipes …

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  • 3Pipe organ — This article is about organs that produce sound by driving wind through pipes. For an overview of related instruments, see Organ (music). The pipe organ in Saint Germain l Auxerrois, Paris[1] The pipe organ is a musical instrument …

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  • 4Pipe and Tabor — Infobox Instrument name=Pipe and Tabor names= classification= *Wind *Woodwind *Percussion range=1 2 octaves related= *Tinwhistle *Snare drum *Fife and drum musicians= articles=Pipe and Tabor is a pair of instruments, popular since Mediæval times… …

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  • 5pipe someone aboard — if sailors pipe someone aboard their ship, they formally welcome them by playing a special tune on a small pipe …

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  • 6pipe — [pīp] n. [ME < OE < WGmc * pipa < VL * pipa < L pipare, to cheep, chirp, peep, of echoic orig.] 1. a hollow cylinder or cone, as of reed, straw, wood, or metal, in which air vibrates to produce a musical sound, as in an organ or wind… …

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  • 7Pipe bursting — is a trenchless method of replacing buried pipelines (such as sewer, water, or natural gas pipes) without the need for a traditional construction trench. Launching and receiving pits replace the trench needed by conventional pipe laying.… …

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  • 8Pipe and tabor — Classification Wind Woodwind Percussion Playing range 1 …

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  • 9Pipe — 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 musical… …

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  • 10Pipe fitter — 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… …

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