1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe.

2. (v.) Playing on a musical pipe.

3. (v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.

4. (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.

5. (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.

6. (n.) A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.

7. (n.) Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.

8. (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.

9. (n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.