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.
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.
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.