pipingn.1
/ˈpʌɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ 1. † b. colloquial. Weeping, crying; a wail. Also †piping-work. Obsolete.See also pipe v.1 8.
a. The utterance or production of a shrill sound; a shrill sound, cry, complaint, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > piercing or shrill quality > utterance
pipingc1275
shrilling1639
pipping1750
squall1755
wheep1860
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 316 (MED) Þu wenist þat ech song bo grislich Þat þine pipinge nis ilich.
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 256 (MED) Þis þou miȝt knowe liȝtly, for wiþ þe akynge he schal haue a maner noise in his eeris & pipinge [L. sibillo].
a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) f. 151v The Remous..is a beeste I-liche to a mous..wiþ voys and pypynge wiþ crye.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pipynge or piepynge of byrdes or fowles.
c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 600 Þei bene rinkes aright in reching of swevenes, Too preeve mich privie thyng and pypyng of birdes.
1647 J. Fletcher Chances iv. iii. 17 Nay sirrah squeak, Ile see your treble strings Ty'd up too; if I hang, Ile spoyle your piping.
1839 W. Irving Birds of Spring in Knickerbocker May 434 He poured forth..a few plaintive notes, between the frosty pipings of the breeze.
a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) vi. 204 Never since that night could she hear the..piping of night frogs that the scene did not come back to her.
1990 R. Pilcher September xxx. 575 She heard the piping of the wind, the ripple of water on shingle.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun]
wopOE
reminga1200
weepingc1200
weepc1275
dolec1290
greetinga1300
greeta1325
grota1325
teara1340
tear1377
lachrymation?1530
gree?1567
waterworks1634
pipation1656
fletion1716
piping1779
ploration1828
blarting1898
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. iii. 127 The unmanly Disfiguration of their..Countenance, which this Piping-work produc'd.
1779 F. Burney Diary 16 June (1842) I. 219 No more piping, pray.
1793 J. O'Keeffe World in Village i. ii. 9 The poor hungry brats set up such a piping.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. ix. 106 What's the use of piping, boys, I never yet could larn.
c. Entomology. The making of a shrill sound by a newly emerged queen honeybee, believed to be a communication with other virgin queens.
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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Piping, the musical signal of bees preparatory to their swarming or casting a second time.
1860 W. C. Harbison Bees & Bee-keeping xiii. 213 The period at which piping usually takes place is the ninth day after the departure of a first swarm.
1884 J. Phin Dict. Apiculture Piping of Queens, a sound made by young queens when there is also in the hive a mature queen, but one not yet emerged from her cell.
1954 C. G. Butler World of Honeybee vi. 62 The piping of one queen can be ‘heard’ by another queen, who will often reply to the ‘challenge’... The worker bees pay little attention to the piping of the queens.
1962 Science 19 Oct. 446/3 Queen piping..had been recorded 3 months earlier from a 5-day-old virgin.
2. The playing of a pipe or pipes; the music of pipes or similar wind instruments. Also Nautical: the action of bringing or escorting a person aboard to the accompaniment of the boatswain's pipe (cf. pipe v.1 4b).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [noun] > playing pipe or whistle
whistlingc950
pipingc1300
whistle1447
scrannel-piping1834
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 2548 Þar was piping among.
c1330 St. Katherine (Auch.) 62 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 243/1 (MED) Glewemen herd sche miri sing, Wiþ pipes & wiþ trompes boþe..Sche axed at hir fader men What was þat noise & þat pipeing.
a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 253 (MED) Þan was pypyng & play; his pyne was awey.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1041 (MED) At þe fest was harpyng And pipyng..and trumpyng.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xl. 21 Pypinge and harpinge make a swete noyse.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 11 Poetrie & piping are Cosen germaines.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) iii. 12 The holy Sabbaths..were wholly spent..in Maypoles and Maygames, Pipings and Dancings.
1651 A. Wemyss Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia 146 Neither have I regarded the piping of the Shepherds, nor the songs of the Shepherdesses.
a1706 R. Sempill Life Pyper of Kilbarchan xiv We need not look for Piping mair, Sen Habbie's dead.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 117 To us lovers of the country, the lowing of oxen, the bleating of sheep, the piping of shepherds..are charms.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxxxvii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 324 Far and wide rebounded The echo of his pipings.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 308 Unto their piping must all people dance.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden x. 98 He held up his hand and spoke to her in a voice almost as low as and rather like his piping.
1940 Bluejackets' Man. (U.S. Naval Inst.) lix. 783 In the piping of officials alongside and over, the side pipe is lengthened to full breath for officials receiving 8 side boys.
1993 Fredericton 1993 Visitor Guide 45/1 It includes a Scottish Cultural Weekend with piping and drumming competitions, mass bands, Highland dancing, [etc.].
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pipingn.2
/ˈpʌɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ I. The action of using (placing, etc.) a pipe, and related uses.† 1. The action of smoking a tobacco pipe. Obsolete.† 3. U.S. Mining. The washing away of dirt by means of a jet of water from a pipe, as a method of extracting gold or ore. Cf. pipe v.3 4. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > smoking a pipe
piping1639
pipe-smoking1838
1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 62 Your invention is never ripe, but when you have beene a potting and a piping.
1660 T. Hall Funebria Floræ 13 Christmas revels, with dancing, drinking,..potting, piping, gaming.
1683 J. Erskine Jrnl. 13 Aug. (1893) My head was sore by their continual snuffing and piping in the court.
1774 L. Carter Diary 6 May (1965) II. 805 The king of Denmark would want something, for his Pipe if Potatoe leaves were to be his Succedaneum for tobacco... It must either grow..quite underground or there could be not one to eat, setting aside the Piping scheme.
2. Metallurgy. The formation of a pipe (pipe n.1 23) on the surface of an ingot. Also: the pipe itself; such pipes collectively.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting > formation of cavity in ingot
piping1861
1861 Brit. Patent 1310 4 My invention consists in preventing..the waste occasioned by what is technically called the ‘piping’ of ingots of steel.
1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 357/2 Piping does not necessarily take the form of a single central cavity.
1924 R. H. Greaves & H. Wrighton Pract. Microsc. Metallogr. ix. 79 If insufficient discard is made, piping..may be present after rolling in the form of a longitudinal fissure..in the central portion of the billet.
1964 H. Hodges Artifacts iv. 71 The need for this was due to a phenomenon known as piping, in which the molten metal solidifies and contracts almost immediately as it comes in contact with the mould.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific mining processes
gadding1753
costeaning1778
refinement1815
rope boring1852
piping1869
chlorination1875
opencasting1886
resue1903
resuing1905
biomining1982
1869 J. R. Browne Resources of Pacific Slope 138 Brandy City, the principal hydraulic camp of the county, uses about 3,000 inches of water in piping claims.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 267 Lastly was introduced ‘piping’, and complete hydraulic mining.
1895 J. W. Anderson Prospector's Handbk. (ed. 6) 163 Piping, washing gold deposits by means of a hose.
4. Hairdressing. A method of curling the hair by winding it around small cylinders of wood or clay. Cf. pipe n.1 11. rare. Now historical.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > curling or frizzing
frouncing1530
frizilation1567
frizzling1592
calamistration1621
frizzing1696
buckling1713
frisure1755
papering1777
crêping1889
water waving1901
piping1907
permanent waving1917
marcelling1926
finger waving1928
body wave1955
1907 N.E.D. Piping,..a mode of dressing the hair by curling it around little cylinders or roulettes of wood or baked pipe-clay.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 114/2 Piping,..the winding of straight hair on clay pipe stems, baked clay or wooden bigoudie, preparatory to boiling for the production of frisure forcée.
5. North American. An assault using a length of pipe as a weapon.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > specific types of physical attack
charge1857
shoulder charge1930
stomping1958
rugby tackle1959
piping1971
1971 Black Scholar Apr. 24/2 The racial agitation is soon followed by hundreds of stabbings, pipings, brutal beatings and death.
1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 64/3 Homosexuality..is one of the major causes of trouble in prison, often resulting in stabbings or pipings.
1990 L. H. Birnie Rock & Hard Place vii. 117 All the inmates knew who had done the piping.
II. Pipework; something resembling this.† 10. A tubular leather covering for the trace-chain of a harness. Cf. pipe n.1 6. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.† 11. A length of wire, usually of a semi-precious metal, used to support a thin plate of a precious metal (esp. gold) in an elaborate piece of jewellery. Obsolete. rare.
6.
a. Pipes for conveying water, etc., collectively; a system or network of pipes or tubes.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > system or arrangement of
piping1729
pipework1849
pipeline1856
reticulation1859
ring main1868
plumbinga1929
grid1943
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks I. 120 One of the last Kinds of Piping which is generally made of Wood, is Beech.
1823 Times 11 Feb. 4/4 (advt.) Patent, portable, and other water closets, traps, basins, apparatus, iron piping.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 4 Deluged with a strong jet of cold water administered through a piping.
1938 Amer. Home Oct. 69/1 (advt.) In the walls, beneath the floor, is the hidden piping on which the efficiency of the bathroom depends.
1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) v. 291 A laboratory bench whose water supply came from visible, ugly piping that made a toe-catcher in the floor.
b. The action of laying or installing pipes or tubes.
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1907 N.E.D. Piping,..the action of furnishing with pipes or tubes.
1985 Financial Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. iii. 14 Three Swedish experts are helping with the piping, building and installation.
1992 R. Landau & N. Rosenberg in N. Rosenberg et al. Technol. & Wealth of Nations iv. 103 Chemical companies..used external contractors to handle construction, piping and mechanical work.
7. Horticulture. A cutting of a pink or carnation taken at the joint of a stem; the propagation of a pink, etc., by such a cutting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings
slipping1548
surculation1669
piping1773
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip
planteOE
plantingeOE
quickwoodc1383
graffa1393
sarmenta1398
slivingc1400
springc1400
clavec1420
sleavingc1440
talionc1440
quick1456
quicking1469
graft1483
quickset1484
slip1495
setlingc1503
set1513
pitchset1519
slaving?1523
truncheon1572
stallon1587
crosset1600
marquot1600
sliver1604
secta1616
offset1629
slipping1638
side-slip1651
slift1657
cutting1691
pitcher1707
mallet-shoot1745
root cutting1784
stowing1788
stool1789
pitch1808
heel1822
cutling1834
piping1851
cutback1897
stump plant1953
1773 R. Weston Gardener's & Planter's Cal. 165 Lay and make pipings of Carnations.
1820 T. Hogg Conc. & Pract. Treat. Carnation 48 The propagation by piping..ought to commence as soon as the shoots or grass is [sic] ready.
1851 Beck's Florist 192 Pinks... Continue to put out the rooted pipings, and prepare the beds for the next season's bloomers.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 396/1 Propagation [sc. of carnations] may also be done by pipings with a firm base or with a heel, on a slight hotbed in a close shaded frame.
1991 Gardener's World (BNC) 89 The piping is prepared from the end of a sturdy young shoot.
8. Edging for a garment, or a seam on upholstery, etc., usually consisting of a fine cord enclosed in a thin length of folded cloth; the addition of such an edging to a garment.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other
jace1399
loopa1475
shakers1506
aglet1530
nerve1531
pipe1533
targeting1563
pinion1583
pinioning1597
tzitzit1618
loop-lace1632
button1671
tip1681
fal-lal1703
falbala1705
furbelow1706
jewelling1718
weeper1724
pompom1748
chiffons1765
foliage-trimming1818
mancheron1822
piping1825
manchette1835
patte1835
streamer1838
waterfall1841
paillette1843
brandenburgs1873
motif1882
patch1884
smocking1888
jockey1896
strapping1898
steel1899
sparklet1902
slotting1923
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > other
tuckingc1440
sleeving1495
stenting1507
welting1508
furring1554
poignetting1555
bombasing1598
flouncing1766
fulling1810
goring1814
piping1825
slashing1834
collaring1865
gusseting1883
overtrimming1897
post-boarding1952
1825 Edinb. Advertiser 5 Aug. 492/2 The crown irradiating from the top in large flutes, which are edged with small blue satin piping.
1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 100 Of late years, the act of piping has been introduced into under-linen to save trouble; a cord covered with material cut on the bias is inserted.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 63/3 (advt.) Finishing the edge with a fine piping with a cord pulled through it gave the little skirt a new crisp smartness.
1980 C. Hope Separate Devel. (1983) 217 Houseboys, garden boys, skinny legged flat-boys, knock-knees circled by green or red or blue piping of their baggy shorts.
9. Decoration for a cake, etc., consisting of lines or rosettes, etc., of icing, cream, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [noun] > icing or sugar coating
icing1683
frosting1750
piping1846
fondant1861
water icing1881
buttercream1908
sugar-coating1908
rolled fondant1962
1846 C. E. Francatelli Mod. Cook 398 The cake may be decorated with piping, using for that purpose some of the icing worked somewhat thicker.
1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 154/1 When dry, ornament with piping, orange-blossom, ribbon, &c.
1943 E. B. Bennion & J. Stewart Cake Manuf. (ed. 2) xiii. 135 Fruit and piping jellies of various colours and flavours are a very useful commodity for use as fillings or for the decoration of cakes and gateaux.
1994 Harrowsmith Country Life Dec. 58/2 Reserve about 1½ cup of the red icing for piping.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces > attachments for
norsela1300
pipe?1309
tug1417
tug-hook1417
spreadbat1775
trace-ring1795
trace-tug1795
spreader1810
cock eye1819
stretcher1828
tug-buckle1851
roller1856
piping1875
tug-carrier1877
tug-slide1877
trace-iron1902
trace-loop-
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1713/1 Piping, a leather covering to a trace-chain.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller's materials
tent1594
using stone1688
Tommy1877
piping1881
1881 G. Wallis in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 676/2 Another smaller diadem found in another tomb..is of gold plate, so thick as to require no ‘piping’ at the back to sustain it.
12. Papermaking. Creasing or ribbing in paper caused by irregular tension on the sheet during reeling. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > blemishes or impurities > creasing
piping1937
1937 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 187/1 Piping, a species of crease or ribbing in paper due to irregular tension in reeling, to moisture, or being wound too tightly after sizing.
1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking 283 Piping, creases or ribbing in paper produced by irregular tension on the sheet during reeling.
Compounds
piping bag n. a funnel of cloth, paper, etc., usually fitted with a nozzle, through which pastry, icing, or other food of a similar consistency may be piped, esp. in order to decorate a cake, etc.
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1938 Times 5 Oct. 19/4 Other necessary equipment includes..a strong piping bag, and one or two pipes.
1996 Guardian 14 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 45/4 Butter some baking sheets and, using a piping bag if possible, divide the dough into little balls about the size of a 5p piece.
piping cord n. edging for a garment, etc., consisting of a fine cord enclosed in a thin length of folded cloth; cf. sense 8.
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1831 Lycoming (Pa.) Gaz. 26 Oct. Silk braid, piping cord, and wire ribbon.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 96 Pipe, to trim with a narrow tube of fabric, often with a piping cord run through to pad it out.
1992 M. Margetts Classic Crafts 24/1 Cut bias strips from the remaining silk, sew them together and then wrap the long strip round the piping cord.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 289/2 Piping-irons, fluting-irons.
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pipingadj.
/ˈpʌɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ 1. Shrill, high-pitched; whistling; having a shrill, high-pitched, or weak voice; (English regional (southern)) wheezing.Recorded earliest in piping hot adj. at Compounds 1.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > making shrill sound
squealinga1400
shrill1508
pipinga1522
shrilling1566
shrill-bated1582
shirling1592
shrilledc1602
screaming1616
skirling1786
blatting1890
c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3379 He sente hir pyment meeth and spiced ale And wafres pipyng [v.rr. pipinge, pipeinge] hoot out of the glede.
a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 101 Wher þer be any pride wiþ-inne þer as soche meek pipyng wordes ben so plenteuous wiþ-outyn, I graunte wel þat it is..semely to hem..for to schewe meek & semely wordes.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. i. 17 The pyping wynd blew in thair taill at nycht.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 7v A voice, not softe, weake, piping, womannishe, but audible, stronge, and manlike.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1404 To him shall thy piping poetry..be directed.
1682 R. L'Estrange Observator 11 Mar. 2 I have Observ'd them indeed to Cry with a Loud Voice,..& then to drop the Note into a kinde of a Piping whisper.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 9 A wud ha' had a coad, riggleting, parbeaking, piping Body in tha.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 85 An old man replied, in a thin piping voice.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Her's a poor pipin', crakin' poor cratur, her is.
1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 16 Piping Nancy-boys and crashing Bores.
1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 49/2 A piping soprano sang ‘Bist du bei mir’ to the plaintive accompaniment of a virginal.
2.
a. Of days, times, etc.: epitomized by the music of the pastoral pipe (as opposed to the martial fife, trumpet, etc.); (hence) good, peaceful. Esp. in piping time(s) of peace.Frequently with allusion to quot. 1597.
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society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > time of
peacetimec1534
piping time(s) of peace1597
peacetime1701
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 24 In this weake piping time of peace . View more context for this quotation
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 70 In this piping time, these Halcion dayes We doe contest who best their Loves can praise.
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 26 In time of war, madam, these meetings are not amiss..: But in these piping times of peace, I wonder Sir Jacob permits it.
1777 W. Combe First of April 10 Now Luxury advanc'd, a pamper'd Dame; In these brave piping days a favourite name.
1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 10 Aug. 2/5 Truly these are ‘piping times—our lot is cast in pleasant places.’
1883 19th Cent. Oct. 730 In piping times of peace, the national debts of the Australian colonies loom large.
1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 288/2 Thus the hero of piping times becomes the villain of times that try men's so-called souls.
1982 I. Asimov Foundation's Edge (1983) xiv. 225 In these piping times of peace, there are not many ships in the vicinity, I am sure.
b. Of a person, etc.: playing or blowing on a pipe.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [adjective] > playing pipe
piping1638
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 297 A most lively description of a piping satyr.
a1678 A. Marvell Damon Mower in Misc. Poems (1681) 43 The piping Shepherd stock The plains with an unnum'red Flock.
a1745 J. Swift On Shadow in Glass 36 Lowing herds, and piping swains.
1799 W. Wordsworth Danish Boy 19 Nor piping shepherd shall he be, Nor herd-boy of the wood.
1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. v, in Comedies 54 Garlands, sprats, piping-women..and black-eyes.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vii. 60 I was going to sea myself; to sea in a schooner, with a piping boatswain, and pig-tailed singing seamen.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 36 The effect of swinging into the wide air, into a fairy-land of piping satyrs and nymphs.
1979 P. D. James Death of Expert Witness (BNC) 126 The fireplace was of white and mottled marble with a finely carved frieze of nymphs and piping shepherds.
2000 R. F. Hardin Love in Green Shade 30 We know that Dowsabel, gathering flowers in the country, is a knight's daughter, but the piping shepherd appears too well dressed to be what he seems.
3. = piping hot adj. at Compounds 1.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very
wall-hotc1000
walm-hotOE
hot as hellOE
welling?a1200
welling hota1400
aestuant?1440
burning1484
scalding?a1513
broiling1555
roasting1567
walming hot1601
boiling hot1607
baking1656
stewing-hot1711
piping1823
grilling1839
seething1848
white-hot1855
stewing1856
incandescent1859
swithering1895
boiling1930
1823 J. Cottle Dartmoor & Other Poems 95 Now..comes piping toddy, Or punch, to torture me afresh, poor Body!
1895 A. Ritchie Let. (1924) xi. 228 This is the most piping day of all the days we have had.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 28/5 The piping flavorful soup du jour.
1993 Tatler July 51/3 You bathe in natural mineral bubble baths at piping temperatures in grand surroundings.
Compounds
C1. piping hot adj.
a. Of food, liquid, etc.: so hot as to make a whistling or hissing sound. More generally: very hot. Occasionally of a person, the weather, etc.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > so as to make hissing sound
piping hotc1390
sizzling1845
c1390 [see sense 1].
1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 356 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 271 Ane pair of cunyngis fat & het pypand.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 141 Beanes..fried all whole as they be, and so cast piping hot into sharp vineger.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 10 When we had climed..Being painfully and pipeing hot.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 234 A Mutton-Pye,..piping hot out of the Oven.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 176 The chesnut, some how or other, did fall perpendicularly and piping hot into it.
?1809 S. T. Coleridge Madman & Lethargist in Poems 1787–1833 415 He fell, Like devil piping hot from hell.
1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 180 Coffee is brought piping hot, and so they drink it.
1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlv. 517 Attended by another being with an oblong box upon his head, from which a banquet, piping hot, was taken out and set upon the table.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xi. 316 The day having been piping hot.
1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxix. 362 At seven a substantial and piping hot breakfast put new life into me.
1945 H. Gerber Fish Fare 56 Smoor in pan till the fish is brown and tender; serve piping hot.
1985 L. Blue Kitchen Blues 124 Sprinkle the bananas with castor sugar..and lemon juice, and eat them piping hot.
b. figurative. Fresh; brand new; esp. novel and exciting.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > new [phrase]
piping hot?1589
fresh (also new) off the irons1683
hot off (also from) the press1804
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. D4v Looke good people where that vile whooremaster Iohn a Borhead comes in piping hot from Clayphams wife.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H7 The newes he tells you, is of some new flesh, Lately broke vp, spanne new, hote piping fresh.
1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. B4 Pursn... Whence comes he sir? Goldst. Piping hotte from the Vniuersity.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 8 The Booke..in defence of Bishops, which came out piping hot much about the time.
1733 Revol. Politicks vii. 8 A Report is come pipeing hot from Ireland.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlvi. 60 A young man, in whose air..appeared all the uncouth gravity and supercilious self-conceit of a physician piping hot from his studies.
1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 3 (note) Nothing had such a run for a period, as the trash that was advertised as coming piping-hot from the German school.
1855 R. Browning Up at Villa ix At the post-office such a scene-picture—the new play, piping hot!
1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 45 A hundred beating hearts to let or hire, cheap, piping-hot, with bed-and-breakfast free.
2003 Time Out N.Y. 3 Apr. 167/1 I feel behooved to revisit some of those piping-hot topics.
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piping bullfinch n. a bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula), esp. one trained to sing or whistle a tune.
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1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 267 Well known by the common instances of piping Bullfinches.
1862 W. M. Thackeray Let. 18 Mar. (1946) IV. 260 Oh, those hours of madness spent in searching for Louisa's lost lines to her dead Piping Bullfinch!
1934 Times 2 Feb. 9/5 A piping bullfinch with a repertoire of two complete tunes.
piping crow n. Australian the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > gymnorhina tibicen
magpie1792
piping crow1832
organ bird1847
flute-bird1862
bush-magpie1890
maggie1901
1832 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies 31 Numbers of Piping Crows called also White Magpies, were hopping about.
1895 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 643 The Gymnorhinæ or piping crows of Australia.
1938 Times 13 Apr. 10/5 The so-called Australian magpie, piping crow, or organ bird (Gymnorinha [sic] organica) is an exclusive and characteristic Australian type.
piping guan n. each of three guans of the genus Aburria, found in South America and Trinidad, the blue-throated A. pipile, the red-throated A. cujubi, and the black-fronted A. jacutinga.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Cracidae > member of genus Penelope (guan)
guan1743
marudi1769
Penelope1811
jacu1824
piping guan1951
1951 Geogr. Jrnl. 117 195 The birds we most frequently used as food were the ‘paujile’, or curassow (Crax alector) and the ‘parva’ and ‘parva real’, or Spix's and white-headed piping guan.
1968 F. Haverschmidt Birds of Surinam 79 White-headed piping guan... Not uncommon in forests.
1999 Birdwatch Apr. 37 (advt.) Trinidad Piping Guan in Trinidad & Tobago.
piping hare n. now rare = pika n.1
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > ochotona princeps (pika)
pika1827
little chief hare1828
piping hare1877
rock rabbit1962
1877 Nature 5 July 195/2 The little Piping-hare (Lagomys pusillus).
1980 J. O. Whitaker Audubon Soc. Field Guide Mammals 343 Pika, ‘Piping Hare’ (Ochotona princeps).
piping plover n. a small buff-coloured plover, Charadrius melodus, found in coastal areas of eastern North America.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > member of (miscellaneous)
ring plover1797
wirebird1816
Kentish plover1828
piping plover1828
mountain plover1858
1828 C. L. Bonaparte Genera N. Amer. Birds 296 Ringed Plover..and Piping Plover... Common all along the eastern sea coast of North America.
1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Nov. d4/4 A new study supports fears that the largest single nesting spot for the endangered piping plover is a deadly trap.
piping shrike n. Australian a black and white bird in the state badge of South Australia, usually identified with an Australian magpie of the white-backed subspecies Gymnorhina tibicen leuconota, found in Victoria and South Australia.
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1844 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 46 Gymnorhina tibicen. Piping Crow-Shrike... Piping Roller.]
1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Jan. 93/3 Now South Australia has its State emblem—the piping shrike... The symbol depicts a piping shrike with wings spreading in the shape of a Union Jack.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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