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Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.

The lip of an organ pipe.

The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.

ing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale. -- Arc lamp (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. -- Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spon…

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.

The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammal…

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing)

r other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." Bunyan.

a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.

w the level by means the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallæ.

The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.

A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.

ishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes.

Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main. Forcing main, the delivery pipe of a pump. -- For the main, or In the main, for the most part; in the greatest part. -- With might and main, or With all one's might and main, wit…

Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.…

A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.

An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe.