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A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.

A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount.

A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.

A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.

A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, As a signal to the nations. Lowgfellow.

ing regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline.

nstructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.

A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

f a chain, used in the Normal style. -- Chain pier, a pier suspended by chain. -- Chain pipe (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. -- Chain plate (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging…

The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.] Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser.

The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.

n upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.

An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.

A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.] There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.