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n the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. -- Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (C. ellipticus and C. luteus). -- Pigeon tremex. (Zoöl.) See under Tremex. -- Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees,…

The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.

A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.

One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.

The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.

Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.

A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.

and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. "A plague upon the people fell." Tennyson. Cattle plague. See Rinderpest. -- Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable.…

Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.

the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.

o pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Goldsmith.

One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.

ion of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.

morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.