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| | # {{transitive}} To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes. | | # {{transitive}} To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes. |
| | # {{transitive}} To install or configure with pipes. | | # {{transitive}} To install or configure with pipes. |
| - | # {{intransitive}}To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a [[bagpipe]]. | + | # {{intransitive}} To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a [[bagpipe]]. |
| | # {{nautical}} To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe. | | # {{nautical}} To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe. |
| | # {{transitive|figuratively}} To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission. | | # {{transitive|figuratively}} To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission. |
| | # {{transitive}} To decorate with [[piping]]. | | # {{transitive}} To decorate with [[piping]]. |
| - | # {{rfd-redundant}} {{transitive}} To decorate (a cake) using a [[pastry bag]], a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs. | |
| | #* '''1998''', Merehurst Staff, Nicholas Lodge, Janice Murfitt, Graham Tann, ''The international school of sugarcraft: Beginners'' (page 108) | | #* '''1998''', Merehurst Staff, Nicholas Lodge, Janice Murfitt, Graham Tann, ''The international school of sugarcraft: Beginners'' (page 108) |
| | #*: This means a quantity of runouts can be made in advance, allowing more time to flat ice and '''pipe''' the cake. | | #*: This means a quantity of runouts can be made in advance, allowing more time to flat ice and '''pipe''' the cake. |
| - | # {{rfd-redundant}} {{transitive}} To dab away moisture from. | + | # {{transitive}} To [[dab]] away moisture from. |
| | #* '''1883:''' [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], ''[[w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island]]'' | | #* '''1883:''' [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], ''[[w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island]]'' |
| | #*: 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. | | #*: 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. |
