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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From Pipe, v.]

1. Playing on a musical pipe. ``Lowing herds and piping swains.'' --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["o]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["o]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)