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.