Piped
(Piped) a. Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
Pipefish
(Pipe"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and
allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is
small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation
of the eggs takes place.
Pipelayer
(Pipe"lay`er) n., or Pipe" lay`er.
1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.
2. (Polit. Cant) A politician who works in secret; — in this sense, usually written as one word. [U.S.]
Pipelaying
(Pipe"lay`ing), n., or Pipe" lay`ing.
1. The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.
2. (Polit. Cant) The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; —
in this sense, usually written as one word. [U.S.]
Pipemouth
(Pipe"mouth`) n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; — called also tobacco pipefish.
See Fistularia.
Piper
(||Pi"per) n. [L.] See Pepper.
Piper
(Pip"er) n.
1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons."
Macaulay.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A common European gurnard having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and
with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines,
native of both the American and European coasts.
To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
Piperaceous
(Pip`er*a"ceous) a. [L. piper pepper.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceæ)
of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand
species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
Piperic
(Pi*per"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid
found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline
substance.
Piperidge
(Pip"er*idge) n. (Bot.) Same as Pepperidge.
Piperidine
(Pi*per"i*dine) n. (Chem.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal
odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
Piperine
(Pip"er*ine) n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline compound
of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
Piperonal
(Pip`er*o"nal) n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid,
and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
Piperylene
(Pi*per"y*lene) n. [Piperidine + acetylene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition
of certain piperidine derivatives.
