pipe

pipe
   like the butt, the pipe is a traditional unit of liquid volume generally equal to 2 hogsheads. In the U.S., this means a pipe equals 126 U.S.gallons, about 16.844 cubic feet or 476.96 liters. In Britain it's more complicated, because traditional British hogsheads were of different sizes depending on what they contained. The British pipe was usually used as a wine measure, but even different types of wine had different size pipes.

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  • pipe — pipe …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • pipe — [ pip ] n. f. • déb. XIIIe; de piper 1 ♦ Vx Pipeau. Chalumeau, tuyau. 2 ♦ Ancienne mesure de capacité. ♢ Région. Grande futaille, de capacité variable. 3 ♦ (XVe; par anal. pop.) Vx …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pipe — Pipe, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pipe — may refer to: * Pipe (material), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules ** Pipe for transporting water (Water pipe), chemical, gas and casing pipe for cables * Pipe (smoking) * Pipe (character) or vertical bar, the ASCII character |… …   Wikipedia

  • pipe — [pīp] n. [ME < OE < WGmc * pipa < VL * pipa < L pipare, to cheep, chirp, peep, of echoic orig.] 1. a hollow cylinder or cone, as of reed, straw, wood, or metal, in which air vibrates to produce a musical sound, as in an organ or wind… …   English World dictionary

  • pipe — ► NOUN 1) a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, etc. 2) a device for smoking tobacco, consisting of a narrow tube that opens into a small bowl in which the tobacco is burned, the smoke being drawn through the tube to the mouth. 3) a wind… …   English terms dictionary

  • Pipe — (von engl. pipe „Rohr“, „Röhre“, „Pfeife“) steht für: Pipe (Informatik), ein Datenstrom zwischen zwei Prozessen Ein senkrechter Strich („|“, „Pipe Symbol“) zur Erzeugung einer solchen Pipe Pipe (Automarke) eine ehemalige belgische Automarke Pipe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • PIPE — can refer to *PIPE (explosive) *PIPE Networks *Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) * Physical Interface for PCI Express (PIPE)For other meanings, see also pipe …   Wikipedia

  • Pipe — Pipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piping}.] 1. To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe. [1913 Webster] A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. W. Irving.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pipe — Pipe, v. i. 1. To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music. [1913 Webster] We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced. Matt. xi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • PIPE — transaction (PIPE) USA PIPE stands for private investment in public equity. A PIPE transaction is a transaction in which a public company issues equity securities in a private placement to investors (usually at a discount to the market price of… …   Law dictionary

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