The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From Pipe, v.]
Playing on a musical pipe. ``Lowing herds and piping swains.''
--Swift.Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
--Shak.Emitting a high, shrill sound.
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Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller (Zo["o]l.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. Gymnorhina tibicen, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck.
Piping frog (Zo["o]l.), a small American tree frog ( Hyla Pickeringii) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring.
Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.]
--Milton.