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Definition: Pipes |
PipesNoun1. A wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pipes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe". The sound of bagpipes is so unique that it gets its own English verb (skirl).
Overview
The bagpipes consist of an airtight bag, which can supply a continuous stream of air. Air is supplied either by a set of bellows or by a blowpipe; the inlet to the bag has a one-way valve which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a chanter, upon which the melody is played, and almost all have at least one drone An exception still very commonly in use is the Uilleann practice set, discussed below--more important exceptions are pipes such as the Turkish tulum, and the Croatian surle and diple, all of which have two chanters and no drone. These are all droneless in their traditional form, unlike the Uilleann practice set, which is mostly used as an introduction to the instrument before moving on to a half or full set. All these pipes are attatched to the bag by a stock, a small, usually wooden, cylinder which is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as rubber and goretex have become popular amongst many pipers, particularly Highland pipers.
History
The history of the bagpipe is very unclear, and worse, many of the secondary sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth sources are misleading or verging on fantasy (the works of Grattan Flood are particularly bad in this respect, but continue to be quoted and referenced to the present day). For example, an oft-repeated claim is that the Great Highland Bagpipe was banned after the '45 rebellion. This claim is untrue; there is no mention of the bagpipe in the Disarming Act, and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial Music of Caledonia, written by an unknown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. Nero is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and the Roman legions are thought to have marched to bagpipes.
Where they were first introduced to Britain and Ireland is debatable, though Ireland has references going back to the Dark Ages (though none of her traditional legends mention pipes). An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by Robert_Burns for Scots Wha Hae, Hey Tutti Taiti, is traditionally said to have been the tune played as Robert the Bruce's troops marched to Bannockburn in 1314.
Types
There are many kinds of bagpipes, but the best-known are the piob mhor or Great Highland Bagpipes, which were developed in Scotland. A set has two tenor drones (an octave below the fundamental of the chanter), one bass drone (an octave below the tenor), a blowpipe and a chanter pitched in B flat mixolydian (usually referred to and always written as A). This type of bagpipe is widely used by both soloists and pipe bands, both civilian and military and are now played in countries around the world, particularly countries with strong colonial or emigrant associations, most particularly Canada, America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
The next most common type is the Irish or Uilleann (pronounced illin) bagpipe; this or the Northumbrian smallpipe is generally claimed to be the most developed bagpipe in existence. This bellows-blown pipe plays a two octave diatonic scale in D major. The second octave is produced by overblowing, and extra keys and/or cross-fingering can be used to produce other tones than those in a diatonic D major scale. The most commonly added keys are a C natural, a G sharp, and an F natural key. Although the chanter does not have a completely closed end, like the Northumbrian smallpipes, the player can press the end of the chanter against a leather pad on his/her knee while closing all fingerholes, producing complete silence. This, for an accomplished player, can be utilized to play staccato. Nowadays the leather pad is often replaced by an air-tight key at the end of the chanter bore, which makes it easier to close the pipe completely with the knee. The Uilleann pipes also have three drones (although there are a few examples of sets with four drones, these are non-standard), set in a common stock, all tuned to three different octaves of D, and up to three (or in rare cases four) regulators which are effectively a kind of chanter with keys, designed to be played by the wrist. Accomplished players can use these to provide a limited but powerfully impressive chordal accompaniment. Often Uillean pipes are found without any drones or regulators; these sets are called somewhat misleadingly "practice sets". In fact, many pipers use these sets for their entire piping careers. Another common choice is to have only the drones, without regulators. This is known as a half-set. A final occasional variant, the three-quarter set, omits the bass regulator, which is rarely used.
The Northumbrian smallpipe is a bellows-blown pipe with the interesting feature that the end of the chanter is closed, meaning that it is possible to play silences. (The Uilleann pipes, above, also has a similar feature, but in a slightly different fashion.) This combined with the unusually tight fingering (each note is played by lifting only one finger) means that much Northumbrian piping tends to be very staccato in style. The chanter has a number of keys, most commonly seven, but two-octave chromatic chanters are occasionally seen, which require over twenty keys, all played with the right hand thumb and left hand pinkie! Traditionally, the chanter is pitched in F, but the music is written in G. Nowadays, chanters are available anywhere from D to G, G being the most popular for playing ensemble. There are usually four drones on the Northumbrian pipes, usually tuned to the tonic or the fourth. Many include a tuning bead, allowing the player to alter the drone's pitch by a whole tone, for playing in different keys.
The Scottish smallpipe is a bellows-blown bagpipe developed from the Northumbrian smallpipe by Colin Ross to be playable according to the Great Highland Bagpipe fingering system. It has a parallel bored chanter, most commonly pitched in A, although any key is feasible; D, C, and B flat are the next most common keys. They are most commonly unkeyed, but occasionally G sharp, F natural, and C natural keys are added. It is possible to add enough keys to produce a two-octave chromatic scale, but this is rarely done. The present writer cannot think of any prominent piper using such a set. The drones are set in a common stock and are tuned an octave below the tonic, the fifth or an octave below the fifth (a few players choose to tune this to the fourth instead), and two octaves below the tonic. It is perhaps the youngest bagpipe with any popularity, having only existed since its invention in the early 1980s. It is however extremely popular, particularly with Highland pipers, many of whom keep it or a Border pipe as a second instrument. Mouth-blown versions are available, but it is difficult to produce quality tone from these instruments due to the reed's delicate construction.
The Biniou is a mouth blown bagpipe from the Brittany region of France. It has a two octave scale, and is very high pitched; its lowest note is the same pitch as the highest on the Great Highland Bagpipe. It has a single drone two octaves below the tonic. Traditionally it was played as a duet with the bombarde,for Breton folk dancing.
The Border pipe is a close cousin of the Highland bagpipe, and commonly confused with the Scottish smallpipe, although it is a quite different and much older instrument. With a conical chanter, three drones in a common stock, tuned as per Highland pipes or Scottish smallpipes, this bagpipe combines the Highland pipe tone with the more manageable key of A, and lower volume, suitable for playing in folk bands and at informal folk sessions.
Gaita is the Spanish name for the bagpipe used in Galicia and Asturias. It has a conical chanter with a second octave. Pipe bands playing these instruments have become popular in recent years.
Other types
There are literally hundreds of types of bagpipe; what follows is not by any means an exhaustive list.
- Pastoral bagpipe : Ancestor of the Uillean bagpipe
- Lancashire Great-pipe : extinct English bagpipe undergoing revival
- Cornish pipes : another extinct English bagpipe undergoing revival
- French Musette : Ancestor of the Northumbrian pipes. The shuttle design for the drones was recently revived and added to a mouth blown Scottish smallpipe.
- Zampogna : An Italian bagpipe, with an unusual arrangements of multiple chanters that act as drones when not being played.
- Säckpipa : Also the Swedish word for 'bagpipe' in general, this instrument was on the brink of extinction in the first half of the 20th century. It has a conical bore and a single reed, as well as a single drone at the same pitch as the bottom note of the chanter.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bagpipes."
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Pipe is the name of the ASCII character at position 124 (decimal): |
In the context of Unix operating systems, as well as other Operating Systems like MS-DOS, a pipe signifies that the output of one program ("stdout") feeds directly as input ("stdin") to another program. Any error messages from the first program ("stderr") are not passed on through the pipe. The Unix shell uses the pipe character ( | ) to join programs together. A sequence of commands joined together by pipes is known as a pipeline. Often filter programs form the constituent programs in a pipeline -- see Pipes and filters.
An example of a pipeline, which should print the numbers from 1 to 13:
while : ; do echo ; done | head -n 13 | nl -baThe pipe character is also (was originally?) drawn as a broken bar ( ¦ ), and usually depicted so on Microsoft Windows keyboards. (Except that I've only seen it on keyboards without the windows key, but have seen it on all dos keyboards.)
See pipe for other uses of the word.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pipe (computing)."
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This article describes a pipe used for smoking tobacco. For other uses of the word, see pipe.
A smoking pipe is a special instrument used for tobacco smoking.
The smoking pipe typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl) for the combustion of tobacco or similar substances and a thin stem (shank) that ends in a mouthpiece (also called a bit).
Pipes are made from a variety of materials, the most common being (in order of use): briar, corncob, meerschaum, african block meerschaum, clay, cherry wood, gourd, and various other materials, such as morta.
Tobaccos used for smoking pipes are often carefully treated and blended to achieve flavour nuances not available in other tobacco products. Many of these are blends using staple ingredients of variously cured Burley and Virginia tobaccos which are enhanced by spice tobaccos, among them many Oriental or Balkan varietals, Latakia (a fire-cured spice tobacco of Cypriot or Syrian origin), Perique (uniquely grown in St. James Parish, Louisiana) or blends of Virginia and Burley tobaccos of African, Indian, or South American origins. Traditionally, many U.S. blends are made of American Burley flavoured with aromatic ingredients to produce "sweeter" smokes whereas "English"-style blends are based on natural Virginia tobaccos enhanced only by Oriental varietals. There is a growing tendency towards "natural" tobaccos which derive their aromas from artful blending with selected spice tobaccos only and careful, often historic, curing processes. Pipes can range from the very simple machine-made briar pipe to highly-prized handmade and artful implements by renowned pipemakers which are priced as very expensive collector's items.
The majority of pipes sold today, whether hand made or machine made, are fashioned from briar. Briar is cut from the root burl of the heath tree (Erica arborea), which is native to the rocky and sandy soils of the Mediterranean region. While briar is the most widely used -- and perhaps best known -- pipe making material, pipes of other woods and other materials are also available. Clay and meerschaum are probably the best known alternatives to briar. Calabash gourds (usually with meerschaum or porcelain bowls set inside them) have long made prized pipes, but they are labour-intensive and nowadays quite expensive. On the other end of the scale, "corncob" pipes are cheap and effective, even if perhaps inelegant. (Though we should not forget Douglas MacArthur.)
Meerschaum (hydrated magnesium silicate), a mineral found in small shallow deposits mainly around the city of Eskesehir in central Turkey, is prized for its plasticity which allows it to be carved into many decorative and figural shapes. It has been used since the 17th century and, with clay pipes, represented the most common medium for pipes before the introduction of briar as the material of choice in the 19th century. The word "meerschaum" means "sea foam" in German, alluding to its natural white color. However, meerschaum is a very porous mineral that absorbs elements of the tobacco during the smoking process, and gradually changes color to a golden brown. Old, well-smoked meerschaum pipes are prized for their distinctive coloring.
While tobacco smoke from pipes contains less of the carcinogenic substances found in cigarette smoke, it is nonetheless a comparable health hazard, leading more often to cancers of the mouth and throat rather than the lungs. Addiction to nicotine is rarely involved unless the smoke is inhaled at a consumption rate comparable to heavy cigarette smoking. A 1964 study once showed that pipe smokers on average lived marginally longer than the general population, but that study failed to control for social factors and did not include an adequate representation of pipe smokers to be considered sound. Pipe smokers are inclined to attribute this to the calming, contemplative mindset promoted by the ritualistic character of pipe-use. However, it should be noted that there are almost no contemporary studies at all judging how dangerous pipe smoking may be: because more people smoke cigarettes and cigars, most studies focus on those. It would not be a good idea to assume that a lack of evidence implies a lack of danger: the smoker should monitor his health regarding smoking as he would any other lifestyle that can be abused, such as consumption of alcohol, cholesterol, or fat, among others.
Bertrand Russell smoking a pipeSee also bong.
How To Pack & Light A Pipe
This should not be treated as an endorsement of smoking; all the same, pipe smoking requires a little practice and technique to work well.
The number one complaint of new pipe smokers seems to be that they do not know how to correctly 'pack' their pipe, resulting in either dottle left over at the end of the smoke, or a hot smoke and the dread tongue bite, or a pipe that is hard to draw on. Here is compiled a step by step outline to the correct way to pack a pipe for maximum enjoyment. Packing and lighting a pipe, much like smoking a pipe, is an artform, and this technique may take some time to master, but once you have it down pat, one of the major stumbling blocks to pipe smoking bliss will have been removed.
Materials Needed:
* Pipe * Tobacco * Something to tamp the tobacco with * Something to ignite the tobacco with * Pipe cleanersProceedure:
(1) First, it is imprtant to make sure that your pipe is free from obstructions and left over ash from previous smokes. Run a pipe cleaner through the stem, dump out any dottle, and gently blow through the stem to expel any leftover ash. It is probably best to do this over a trashcan, large ashtray, or other such receptacle, pointing the bowl of the pipe upside down to avoid spewing dottle and ash into your own face.
(2) remove a small amount of tobacco from your tin/pouch/etc and lay it out on a flat surface. Gently pick apart any clumps in the tobacco, and make note of the moisture content of the tobacco. If it is too moist, you may want to let it sit out for a few minutes to dry out a bit. Go make yourself a cup of tea, pull an espresso, or open some mail. When you come back, it should have dried just a bit and be a little easier to deal with.
(3) holding your pipe, trickle strands of tobacco into the bowl of the pipe until it is filled to the top. resist the urge to push the tobacco down with your thumb half-way through this operation. Do not pinch the loose tobacco while doing this, as you will create more of the clumps you just took time to remedy.
(4) Now, take you tamper/pipe-nail/etc and gently compress the tobacco. For bowls with straight sides, you should tamp gently until the tobacco half fills the bowl. For pipes with tapered bowls, aim for more like two thirds full. The tobacco in the bowl should have a very springy, almost soft consistancy.
(5) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. If there is any resistance, dump out the tobacco and start over.
(6) Once again, trickle loose strands of tobacco into the bowl until it is once again full, perhaps even a tad over-full.
(7) Again, tamp the tobacco down gently with your tamp. For straight sided bowls, the pipe should now be three quarters full. For tapered bowls, the pipe should now be five eights or so full. You will probably find that to achieve this level of tobacco, you have to tamp with slightly more force than the first time. The tobacco in the bowl should feel springy.
(8) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. There may be tiny amount of resistance this time, but if you have any troubles drawing on the pipe, dump out the tobacco and start over.
(9) Trickle a bit more tobacco into the pipe, until a small mound of it protrudes above the rim of the bowl, looking as if it needs a haircut. Return any left-over tobacco to its' container for future use.
(10) Using your tamp again, pack this tobacco down until it is even with the top of the bowl. This will take a bit more pressure than the first two tamping operations, but take care not to overdue it. The tobacco should still feel springy, only slightly less so than on the second tamp.
(11) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. The resistance should be minimal, like sucking on a straw. If there is any more than this, dump out the tobacco and start over.
Now, if all of the above steps have been successfully completed, your pipe is properly packed and ready to be lit and smoked.
Lighting a pipe seems to be a very straightforward operation. You apply open flame, whether from a match, lighter or other such contrivance and puff on the pipe until it is lit. Well, to get maximum enjoyment out of your pipe, and to minimize the need for mid-smoke relights, it is important to pay attention to your technique here, as with any other aspect of smoking. Here are a couple of easy steps to ensure a nicely lit pipe.
(1) First comes the 'charring' light (also called the 'false' light), the purpose of which is to expel any extra moisture from the tobacco and prepare a nice even bed for the 'true' light. To achieve this, light your match of lighter and apply it to the tobacco, moving it in a circular motion around the entire surface of the tobacco. While doing this, take a series of shallow puffs on the pipe. It may be that the tobacco swells up in a spot or two and seems to unravel. That is the purpose of the charring light, to balance out the tobacco moisture and density.
(2) Allow this light to go out and tamp the tobacco back down even with the top of the bowl. You may find it useful to twist or spin your tamp in a cicrular motion while doing this. This is the point where many pipe smokers ruin a good packing job by tamping too hard. You should use a very light touch, wanting only to return the tobacco to the level it was before the charring light.
(3) Relight your match of lighter and apply it to the tobacco, moving it in a circular motion around the entire surface of the tobacco. While doing this, take a series of shallow puffs on the pipe. This time the tobacco should not unravel and puff up as it did before. Extenguish your source of fire, sit back, relax and enjoy your pipe.
Hopefully, by following these instructions, you have successfully lit your pipe and are enjoying it. Here are a couple more tips to consider:
- It takes time and practice to master this technique, but you should see steady improvement in your form and in the ease with which you can pack your pipe as you progress. It is not uncommon for it to take six months for this technique to become second nature.
- Don't worry too much about relights. Relighting your pipe is a fact of life, and only rarely, if at all, will you have a smoke where you do not have to relight at least once. You will probably find that as your smoking progresses, you will relight less and less frequently.
ideas for content expansion
- famous pipes and/or smokers in fact and fiction (Sherlock Holmes)
- slang (pipe dream, etc)
- ritual uses (peace pipe)
- varieties (briar (bruyere), clay, corn cob, Meerschaum, hookah, bong)
- similar devices (cigarette holder)
- some social context (historical use, acceptibility)
- expand on the "similar substances"...
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Smoking pipe."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PIPES | English | Piperazine-ethanesulphonic-acid-buffered saline | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PipesSynonym: bagpipe (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Gary, my friend, no bugger robs pipes in the buff (The Full Monty; writing credit: Simon Beaufoy) Told 'ya, robbing pipes, that's all. (The Full Monty; writing credit: Simon Beaufoy) | |
Lyrics | Impala Loud pipes, Drinkin that Hen (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers) Pipes solo (Hair Of The Dog; performing artist: Nazareth) Foreign types with the hookah pipes say (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles) | |
Tongue Twisters | Four free-flow pipes flow freely. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Têtes de pipes (1955) The Singing Pipes (1945) Light Hearts and Leaking Pipes (1920) The Call of the Pipes (1917) Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | An aerial view of construction dredge pipes depositing sediment into containment areas of the restoration site to build marsh platform. The containment dikes are built to allow time for the marsh platform to accrete. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | PVC pipes are used to protect the Oculina varicosa and to provide stability during the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Nested pipes, one within another, provide more secure habitat for these three species of black trigger fish, Melichthys vidua, spiny puffer, Diodon hystrix, and squirrel fish, Myripristis sp. yellow tang surgeon fish, Zebrasoma flavescens. This type of. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Mixed school of squirrel fish, Myripristis sp. and Holocentrus sp., in crevice between two pipes. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Attaching 1/4 square meter grid to pipes by rope. The method did not work and eventually a hole was drilled in the four corners of the grid area, a stainless steel screw was attached, and nylon string was strung between the four corners. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Exclusion cages were used to determine the effect of grazing on algal and invertebrate populations on the reef. The carport like extension was used to determine the effect of light reduction on pipe surfaces that were still open to grazing. Pipe surfaces in the cage had distinctly different algal and invertebrate communities than pipes open to grazing. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Small pipes were moved to the interior of larger pipes to create more complex habitats for comparative studies. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | A mixed school of surgeon fish grazing on algae during the time when filamentous algae were abundant. This period occurred soon after placement of the pipes and the red and green filamentous algae were replaced with blue-green algae at a later stage. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | A typical invertebrate grouping found on the interior roof of the pipes consisting primarily of bryozoa, tunicates and sponges over the top of oyster shells. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Holocentrus sp., squirrel fish, in typical habitat between pipes. Red areas on pipe are coralline algae. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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| "Rusty Pipes" by Phil Rannard Commentary: "Just some rusty pipes off an industrial site near me... don't know if they'll be any use to anyone." | "Pipes" by Kimmo Kuisma Commentary: "Pipes." |
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 | Descending arpeggio intro to synthesized pan pipes with string accompaniment. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They rumbled along, putting a little earthquake in the ground, and the standing exhaust pipes sputtered blue smoke from the Diesel oil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fix leaky faucets, pipes, or other sources of water. (references) | |
Signs of drugs and drug paraphernalia, including pipes and rolling papers. (references) | ||
Nicotine is absorbed readily from tobacco smoke in the lungs, and it does not matter whether the tobacco smoke is from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. (references) | ||
Business | Large diameter pipes and conduits are imported. (references) | |
Brazil is strong mainly in pipes and gas containers. (references) | ||
Mexico supplies pipes, gas containers and gas separation equipment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Moldova | Cement - 2.5 million tons; concrete blocks and items - 2.2 million cubic meters; asbestos - cement pipes and coupling parts - 3 thousand kilometers; gypsum - 110 thousand tons; bricks - 254 million pieces; stone blocks for construction - 460 million pieces; linoleum - 4 million square meters. (references) |
Bahrain | About 13 contractors have submitted prices for the USD 6.3 million eighth package, which entails installation of 12 kilometers of glass reinforced pipes in Hamala, Dumistan and Jasra. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Caspian Drilling Company (a subsidiary of Santa Fe Drilling) began the fourth modernization phase of the Dede Gorgud semi-submersible rig in Fall 2001. Following modernization, the Dede Gorgud will be able to use larger diameter drill pipes, improve the cleaning system and thus upgrade drilling agent controls, and add an additional twenty berths for rotator crews. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Kingdom | The attackers have used iron pipes, baseball bats, sledgehammers, and spiked clubs to beat their victims or shot them in the knees and legs. (references) |
Burundi | The ABDP estimated that prison officials and security forces used beatings with batons and pipes, tying victims with ropes, electrocution, burning, bayonets, and needles to torture up to 45 percent of the prison population. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | This storage option is open to all products that may be stored or placed in the open air, without losing their value or deteriorating with the passage of time, for example: automobiles, machines, pipes, construction materials. (references) |
Travel | Ukraine | Hot water is generally available in Kyiv hotels and other major cities, but there are periods (two-six weeks during the summer) when the hot water pipes are turned off for cleaning and repairs. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers. There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he! He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw. His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof. "He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away. Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb. "That pipe's a lovely white," they say, "But it has colored him!" The moral there's small need to sing -- 'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. Martin Bulstrode |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pipes" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.15% of the time. "Pipes" is used about 907 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 95.15% | 863 | 8,199 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 3.63% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.21% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 907 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pipes" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pipes | Last name | 1,000 | 9,650 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| India | Saw Pipes Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "pipes": pandean pipes ♦ Pan's pipes ♦ pipes of Pan. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pipes": pipes-of-pan. | |
Ending with "pipes": drain-pipes, hose-pipes, pan-pipes, water-pipes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pipes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tubacion (drain, duct, funnel, piping, tubing), gajde (bagpipe, musette). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гайда (bagpipe). (various references) | |
Chinese | 管子 (pipe). (various references) | |
Czech | dudy (bagpipes). (various references) | |
Danish | paa draenledninger og andre roerledninger etableres nedgangsbroende og broende uden nedgang (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), trykroer monteret med boejelige boreroerssamlinger boer fasttoejres eller forankres (pressure pipes fitted with flexible joints should be snubbed or anchored), tromle til vandforstoevning igennem paamonterede lister, som er svejset paa i spiraler (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes), tilstedevaerelsen af stoerre dog-legs i et borehul skaber problemer som f.eks.brud som foelge af traethed paa boreudstyr og vaegtroerenes samlinger,slid paa samleled og boreroer,dannelse af key-seats,af render eller af vinduer i foringsroerene (and wear of tool joints and of drill pipes, gullies or windows in the casing, key seats, the existence of excessive dog legs in a borehole leads to such troubles as fatigue fracture of drill pipes and drill collar joints), stringing betyder at laegge de enkelte roer ud paa én lang linje mere eller mindre taet ved den endelige linjefoering (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy), nittede roer (riveted tubes and pipes), nedgravet roerledning (buried pipes), gennem stationaere roerldninger transporteres maelken direkte til en maelketank eller en raekke af transportspande med overloeb i maelkerummet (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room), et draenroer med eller uden filter opsamler det udtraengende vand fra skraenten og leder det til broende (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), en toerring af borevaegge eller af foringsroer er absolut noedvendig,da man kan risikere ved et halvtoert borehul,at det er umuligt at faa boreskaerver op,samt at boreroerene saetter sig fast (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes), en borekrone kan hentes op igen ved at man oproemmer hullet omkring den ved hjaelp af en hul udviderkrone braekkede boreroer loeftes ved hjaelp af en spiral,der griber fat i en skulder paa dem,og de opsamles ved hjaelp af en fiskeklo med taenger (and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook). (various references) | |
Dutch | pijpen met omgekraagde einden (turned ends of the pipes), trommel van een kolen-freesmachine met waterinjectie door middel van op de snijspiraal opgelaste leidingen (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes), te grote knikken bij een boring geven problemen,zoals vermoeidheidsbreuken van boorpijpen en zwaarstangkoppelingen,slijtages aan boorpijpkoppelingen en boorpijpen,zijdelings uitgesletengaten en groeven of vensters in de verbuizing (and wear of tool joints and of drill pipes, gullies or windows in the casing, key seats, the existence of excessive dog legs in a borehole leads to such troubles as fatigue fracture of drill pipes and drill collar joints), men kan een beitel weer terugkrijgen door het gat eromheen met behulp van een holle ruimer te verbreden;gebroken pijpen worden gecentreerd met een vanghaak,die ze onder een kraag vastgrijpt,en met behulp van een vangklok opgevist (and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook), melkleidinoen storten de melk direct in de verzamelbakken of de in serie gekoppelde bussen met overloopleiding in het melklokaal (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room), langsheen draineerleidingen en andere buisleidingen dienen mangaten en inspecieputten te worden voorzien (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), ingegraven buisleiding (buried pipes), het droogmaken van de wanden van het boorgat of de verbuizing is absoluut noodzakelijk,want een slecht gedroogde put kan het naar boven komen van het boorgruis in gevaar brengen en het vastraken van de boorpijpen veroorzaken (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes), geklonken buizen en pijpen (riveted tubes and pipes), filter-of gaatjesbuizen verzamelen het geinfiltreerde water uit de zijbermen en voeren het in kolken af (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), drukpijpen voorzien van flexibele koppelingen dienen met behulp van trektuig of ankers te zijn bevestigd (pressure pipes fitted with flexible joints should be snubbed or anchored), bij het in serie leggen worden de pijpen voor een pijpleiding langs de route zodanig verdeeld,dat zij min of meer grenzen aan de positie die zij uiteindelijk zullen innemen (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy). (various references) | |
Finnish | pillistö. (various references) | |
French | un trépan peut être récupéré par l'élargissement du trou alentour à l'aide d'un "élargisseur" creux;les tiges brisées sont relevées par une caracole qui les saisit sous un épaulement et repêchées à l'aide d'une cloche à coins (while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook), tubes à bords rivés (riveted tubes and pipes), tambour de haveuse à injection d'eau par rampes soudées le long des hélices (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes), système de lubrification des conduites (lubrification system of pipes), orifices de sortie des tuyaux (outlets of pipes), l'existence de dogs-legs excessifs dans un forage entraîne des ennuis tels que des ruptures par fatigue des tiges de forage et des joints de masses-tiges,des usures de tool-joints et de tiges de forage,des key-seats,des gouttières ou fenêtres dans les (and wear of tool joints and of drill pipes, the existence of excessive dog legs in a borehole leads to such troubles as fatigue fracture of drill pipes and drill collar joints), le séchage des parois du trou ou du tubage est absolument indispensable,car un puits mal séché risque de compromettre la remontée des déblais et de provoquer le coincement des tiges (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes), le bardage des tubes consiste à les disposer en ligne le long du tracé,sur une seule ligne plus ou moins attenante à l'emplacement définitif de chaque tube (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy), la traite par aspiration amène le lait directement dans un réservoir ou une batterie de bidons qui se remplissent successivement à l'aide d'un dispositif de déviation (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room), extrémités retournées des tuyaux (turned ends of the pipes), des tuyaux perforés ou fendus recueillent les eaux d'infiltration du talus et les évacuent dans des puisards (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains), des regards de visite doivent être installés sur le réseau de drains,ou d'autres canalisations (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), canalisation enterrée (buried pipes). (various references) | |
German | Wasserleitungen (aqueducts, water pipes). (various references) | |
Greek | Οι διάτρητοι ή με σχισμές σωλήνες συλλέγουν τα νερά διήθησης του πρανούς και τα διοχετεύουν μέσα στα φρεάτια. (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), σωλήνες με καρφωμένα χείλη (riveted tubes and pipes), υπόγειο σύστημα σωληνώσεων (buried pipes), η ύπαρξη υπερβολικού αριθμού DOG-LEGS μέσα σε μία γεώτρηση προκαλεί προβλήματα τέτοια,όπως,σπασίματα από κόπωση των διατρητικών στελεχών και (and wear of tool joints and of drill pipes, the existence of excessive dog legs in a borehole leads to such troubles as fatigue fracture of drill pipes and drill collar joints), η επ'ευθείας τοποθέτηση των σωλήνων συνίσταται στη διευθέτησή τους σε γραμμή,κατά μήκος του ορύγματος σε μια ευθεία παράλληλα λίγο-πολύ πρ (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy), η άλμεξη με αναρρόφηση φέρει το γάλα κατευθείαν μέσα σε μιά δεξαμενή η σε συστοιχία καρδάρων που γεμίζονται διαδοχικά με την βοήθεια διάτα (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room), η αποξήρανση των τοιχωμάτων της οπής ή της σωληνώσεως επενδύσεως είναι απόλυτα απαραίτητη,γιατί ένα πηγάδι που έχει κακώς αποξηρανθεί κιν (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes), Τα φρεάτια επίσκεψης πρέπει να κατασκευάζονται στο δίκτυο των στραγγιστηρίων ή των άλλων σωληνωτών αγωγών. (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), τύμπανο κοπτικής μηχανής με εκτόξευση νερού μέσω κλιμακωτών σωλήνων συγκολλημένων κατά μήκος των σπειρών (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pásztorsíp (oat, pan's pipes), pánsíp (pan-pipe, pan's pipes, syrinx). (various references) | |
Italian | una condotta in tubi perforati o a feritoia raccoglie l'acqua di infiltrazione delle scarpate convogliandola in pozzi di evacuazione (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), tubi a lembi ribaditi (riveted tubes and pipes), tamburo di tagliatrice a iniezione d'acqua mediante distributori saldati lungo le eliche (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes), l'essiccamento delle pareti del foro o del tubaggio é assolutamente indispensabile,in quanto un pozzo non ben secco rischie di compromettere la risalita dei detriti e di provocare l'intasamento delle aste (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes), l'allineamento fuori scavo consiste nelle disposizione dei tubi su una singola linea lungo il tracciato più o meno adiacente alla posizione che dovranno definitivamente occupare (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy), i tubi a pressione,fissati con giunti flessibili,dovrebbero essere stabilizzati o ancorati (pressure pipes fitted with flexible joints should be snubbed or anchored), i dispositivi di ispezione devono essere disposti lungo il tracciato delle opere di drenaggio e di altre condotte tubolari (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), gli impianti di mungitura ad aspirazione conducono il latte direttamente in un serbatoio o in un gruppo di bidoni che si riempiono successivamente con un dispositivo di deviazione (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room), canalizzazione sotterranea (buried pipes). (various references) | |
Korean | 관 (casket, Coffin, officialdom, pipe, tube, tubular, Vascular). (various references) | |
Manx | piobyn soaillit (lagged pipes). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ipespay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tubos com os bordos rebitados (riveted tubes and pipes), tubo perfurado:dreno:água de infiltração;-os tubos perfurados ou drenos recolhem as águas de infiltração do talude e escoam-nas nos esgotos (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), tambor de roçadora com injecção de água por distribuidores soldados ao longo das hélices (shearer drum with water infusion through pipes bar welded along the helixes), dreno:caixa de visita.As caixas de visita devem ser instaladas sobre a rede de drenagem ou de outras canalizações (inspection chambers/manholes/ should be constructed at intervals along perforated drain pipes and other drainage runs), a ordenha por aspiração conduz o leite directamente para um reservatório ou uma bateria de recipientes que se enchem sucessivamente através de uma válvula de desvio (the milk travels through fixed pipilines straight into collection tanks or churn batteries with overflow pipes in the milk room). (various references) | |
Russian | труба (aqueduct, chimney, duct, funnel, pipe, piping, trumpet, tube), волынка (bagpipe, musette), дыхательные пути. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gajde (bagpipe, bagpipes). (various references) | |
Spanish | tubería (pipeline, piping, tubing), gaita (bagpipe, bagpipes, musette). (various references) | |
Swedish | ledningar. (various references) | |
Turkish | gayda (bagpipe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Zechariah Chapter 4, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ephrwthsa ek deuterou kai eipa proV auton ti oi duo kladoi twn elaiwn oi en taiV cersin twn duo muxwthrwn twn cruswn twn epiceontwn kai epanagontwn taV eparustridaV taV crusaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et respondi secundo et dixi ad eum quid sunt duae spicae olivarum quae sunt iuxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y answerde the secounde tyme, and sayde to hym, What ben the two eris, or rijp fruyt, of the olyues, that ben bysidis the two golden bilis, in whiche ben oyle vesselis of gold? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Zechariah Chapter 4, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Ug ako mitubag sa ikaduha ka panahon, ug miingon kaniya: Unsa ba kining duruha ka mga sanga nga olivo, nga anaa sa kiliran sa duruha ka bulawang tubo nga nagaulbo sa tubig, nga nagapaagay sa lana nga bulawan gikan kanila? |
| Croatian | Progovorih opet i upitah ga: "Što su one dvije maslinove granèice koje kroz dvije zlatne cijevi dolijevaju ulje?" |
| Danish | Og videre spurgte jeg: "Hvad betyder de to Oliegrene ved Siden af de to Guldrør, som leder den gyldne Olie ned derfra?" |
| Dutch | En andermaal antwoordende, zo zeide ik tot Hem: Wat zijn die twee takjes der olijfbomen, welke in de twee gouden kruiken zijn, die goud van zich gieten? |
| Finnish | Sitten minä toistamiseen lausuin ja sanoin hänelle: "Mitä ovat nuo kaksi öljypuun terttua kahden kultaisen putken kohdalla, jotka vuodattavat sisästänsä öljynkultaa?" |
| German | Und ich antwortete zum andernmal und sprach zu ihm: Was sind die zwei Zweige der Ölbäume, welche stehen bei den zwei goldenen Rinnen, daraus das goldene Öl herabfließt? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Apa pula arti kedua cabang zaitun di samping kedua pipa emas yang menyalurkan minyak zaitun itu?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan pada kedua kalinya kataku kepadanya: Apakah artinya kedua cabang pokok zait yang di dalam kedua corong keemasan, dari padanya dituangnya ke dalam pelita keemasan itu? |
| Italian | E quelle due ciocche d'olivo che stillano oro dentro i due canaletti d'oro?». |
| Maori | I whakahoki atu ano ahau, he tuarua, ka mea ki a ia, He aha enei manga oriwa e rua, e rua nga korere koura i piri atu ai raua, i rere atu ai te hinu koura i roto i aua korere ra? |
| Norwegian | Og jeg tok annen gang til orde og sa til ham: Hvad er de to oljegrener tett ved de to gullrenner som gullet* strømmer ut av? # <* d.e. den glinsende olje.> |
| Portuguese | Segunda vez falei-lhe, perguntando: Que são aqueles dois ramos de oliveira, que estão junto aos dois tubos de ouro, e que vertem de si azeite dourado? |
| Rumanian | Am luat a doua oarq cuvkntul, wi i-am zis: ,,Ce knseamnq cele douq ramuri de mqslin, cari sknt lkngq cele douq yevi de aur, prin cari curge uleiul auriu din el?`` |
| Russian | чФПТЙЮОП УФБМ С ЗПЧПТЙФШ Й УЛБЪБМ ЕНХ: ЮФП ЪОБЮБФ ДЧЕ НБУМЙЮОЩЕ ЧЕФЧЙ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ЮЕТЕЪ ДЧЕ ЪПМПФЩЕ ФТХВПЮЛЙ ЙЪМЙЧБАФ ЙЪ УЕВС ЪПМПФП? |
| Spanish | --Hablé de nuevo y le pregunté--: ¿Qué significan las dos ramas de olivo que están al lado de los tubos de oro y que vierten de sí aceite como oro? |
| Swedish | Och ytterligare frågade jag och sade till honom: "Vad betyda de två olivkvistar som sträcka sig intill de två gyllene rännor genom vilka den gyllene oljan ledes ditned?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pipes": pipestem, pipestems, pipestone, pipestones. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pipes": bagpipes, blowpipes, downpipes, drainpipes, hornpipes, hosepipes, liripipes, panpipes, standpipes, stovepipes, tailpipes, windpipes. (additional references) | |
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"Pipes" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ipez, Ippac, ipps, papes, papis, papos, Paps, papse, Papush, Peipus, pepos, piep, pipel, pipet, pipets, Pipex, pipic, pipip, pipless, pipo, Pippas, pippet, Pipps, pixes, Ppias, Ppiase, Pupwgs, pyxes, yipes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pipes" (pronounced pī"ps) |
| 3 | -ī" p s | gripes, hypes, sipes, Snipes, stipes, stripes, swipes, types, wipes. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-p-p-s" | |
-1 letter: peps, pies, pipe, pips, sipe. | |
-2 letters: pep, pes, pie, pip, pis, psi, sei, sip. | |
-3 letters: es, is, pe, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-p-p-s" | |
+1 letter: pepsin, pipers, pipets, popsie, sipped, sipper, sippet. | |
+2 letters: applies, apprise, buppies, dippers, fipples, gippers, grippes, guppies, hippest, hippies, kippers, koppies, lippens, lippers, nappies, nippers, nipples, pappies, pepsine, pepsins, peptics, peptids, pigpens, pileups, pimples, pinesap, pipages, pipiest, poppies, popsies, potpies, puppies, rippers, ripples, sappier, shipped, shippen, shipper, sippers, sippets, skipped, skipper, skippet, slipped, slipper, snipped, snipper, snippet, soppier, stipple, swipple, tippers, tippets, tipples, uppiles, yippies, yuppies, zippers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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