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Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side.…

oot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).

A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.

ll-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

aves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.] Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.

. F. Harrison. Pet cock. Etym: [Perh. for petty cock.] (Mach.) A little faucet in a water pipe or pump, to let air out, or at the end of a steam cylinder, to drain it.

ent, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales.

would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. Jamieson.

A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.

A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and piping swains." Swift.

Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed. Keats.

le but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. -- Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form. -- Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.

ilateral triangle. -- Pitch of a plane (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron. -- Pitch pipe, a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune. -- Pitch point (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together.

as ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.