pipe

pipe
1. noun /paɪp/
a) A rigid tube that transports water, steam or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.

A fat pipe is a high-bandwidth connection.

b) A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe.

1818: yet, it is much to be hoped, that from his example pipe-making<! NB italics in the original will in future be reposed solely in the hands of Mr. William Cluer of the Brickfield Hill. &mdash; , 26 September 1818, on convicted of libelling in a pipe (William Cluer was an earthenware pipe manufacturer). Quoted in More Pig Bites Baby! Stories from Australias First Newspaper, volume 2, ed. Micahel Connor, Duffy and Snellgrove, 2004, ISBN 1-876631-91-0.

2. verb /paɪp/
a) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.

This means a quantity of runouts can be made in advance, allowing more time to flat ice and pipe the cake.

b) To install or configure with pipes.

Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.


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