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  • 21Pipe (instrument) — Infobox Instrument name=Pipe names= classification= *Wind *Woodwind range=1 2 octaves related= *Tinwhistle *Recorder *Galoubet musicians= articles=Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind… …

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  • 22Pipe Dreams — by Martin Matz (1989)    An exquisite collection of 11 opium poems, privately published in an edition of 100, with 10 signed and lettered copies, Pipe Dreams is Martin Matz’s hallucinatory suite of his odyssey in Thailand in the late 1980s. With… …

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  • 23Pipe Major — The Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish or Irish pipe band. Like Drum Major, the position of Pipe Major is derived from British Army traditions. As in the case of Drum Major, the Pipe Major is a prestigious position in any… …

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  • 24Pipe (Informatik) — Die Pipe (englisch für Rohr, Röhre) bezeichnet einen gepufferten uni oder bidirektionalen Datenstrom zwischen zwei Prozessen nach dem „FIFO“ (First In First Out) Prinzip. Das heißt vereinfacht, dass die Ausgabe eines Prozesses (ein Programm in… …

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  • 25pipe — pipe1 pipeless, adj. pipelike, adj. /puyp/, n., v., piped, piping. n. 1. a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. 2. a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material,… …

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  • 26Pipe and Tabor — Infobox Instrument name=Pipe and Tabor names= classification= *Wind *Woodwind *Percussion range=1 2 octaves related= *Tinwhistle *Snare drum *Fife and drum musicians= articles=Pipe and Tabor is a pair of instruments, popular since Mediæval times… …

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  • 27pipe — I [[t]paɪp[/t]] n. v. piped, pip•ing 1) a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, etc 2) a tube of wood, clay, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco,… …

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  • 28Pipe tool — A pipe tool is any of a variety of small gadgets designed to aid in packing, smoking, and emptying tobacco pipes. A typical pipe tool consists of a pick, a reamer, and a tamper:*The pick is a narrow rod or pin that can be used to loosen tobacco… …

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  • 29pipe — I. /paɪp / (say puyp) noun 1. a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, etc., or for some other purpose; a tube. 2. any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations. 3. a… …

  • 30pipe up — verb 1. begin to play or sing • Hypernyms: ↑perform, ↑execute, ↑do • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. utter a shrill cry • Syn: ↑shriek, ↑ …

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