PIPER - 13 definitions found
piper n 1: someone who plays the bagpipe [syn: piper, bagpiper] 2: type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs [syn: Piper, genus Piper] piper ˈpaɪpə See: PAY THE PIPER. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) piper noun Date: before 12th century one that plays on a pipe Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary piper (pipers) 1. A piper is a musician who plays the bagpipes. N-COUNT 2. If you say 'He who pays the piper' or 'He who pays the piper calls the tune', you mean that the person who provides the money for something decides what will be done, or has a right to decide what will be done. PHRASE English Explanatory Dictionary piper ˈpaɪpə n. 1 a bagpipe-player. 2 a person who plays a pipe, esp. an itinerant musician. [OE pipere (as PIPE)] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue PIPER A broken winded horse. Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary PIPER Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary piper Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum. Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below. African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea. Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne. Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum. Jamaica pepper. See Allspice. Long pepper. (a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of Piper, or Macropiper, methysticum. See Kava. Malaguetta, or Meleguetta, pepper, the aromatic seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of grains of Paradise. Red pepper. See Capsicum. Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also white alder. Pepper box or caster, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary. Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia. Pepper moth (Zo["o]l.), a European moth ({Biston betularia}) having white wings covered with small black specks. Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort. pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar. Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris}) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Piper \Pi"per\, n. [L.] See Pepper. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Piper \Pip"er\, n. 1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. ``The hereditary piper and his sons.'' --Macaulay. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European gurnard ({Trigla lyra}), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin ({Goniocidaris hystrix}) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date PIPER Peter, famous picker of pickled peppers. Also held accounts against many people. Caused considerable worry to his creditors. |
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