Pipe laying

Related Words

• pipe-laying

  This term, in political parlance, means any arrangement by which a party makes sure of a certain add...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Laying

  ·noun The act of one who, or that which, lays. II. Laying ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Lay>>. III. Laying ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe

  ·noun The key or sound of the voice. II. Pipe ·noun An elongated body or vein of ore. III. Pipe ·n...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe

  (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored thro...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• pipe

  n. an obsolete word, explained inquotations. 1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 105: «These w...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pipe

  A measure of wine containing two hogsheads, or 125 gallons, equal to half a tun. Also, a peculiar wh...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Pipe

  (Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root signifying "to bore, perforate" an...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• laying or lying along

  Pressed down sideways by a stiff gale. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• laying off

  See laying down ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• laying down

  , or laying off. The act of delineating the various lines of a ship to the full size on the mould-...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• laying-top

  A conical piece of wood, having three or four scores or notches on its surface, used in rope-making ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Air pipe

  ·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Blast pipe

  ·- The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Flue pipe

  ·add. ·- A pipe, ·esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air up...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe clay

  ·- A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, — used in making tobacco pipes and various kin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe layer

  ·- One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, ·etc. II. Pipe layer ·- A politi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe line

  ·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pipe-line

  ·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Soil pipe

  ·add. ·- A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Twire-pipe

  ·noun A vagabond musician. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Water pipe

  ·- A pipe for conveying water. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• The Pipe Yard

  1) In Whitefriars (Strype, ed 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) In Bristol Street, Pudd...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• clyster pipe

  A nick name for an apothecary. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• quail-pipe

  A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• whore pipe

  The penis. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pipe-fish

  n. common fishname. The speciespresent in Australia and New Zealand is Ichthyocampusfilum, Gunth., ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• swine-pipe

  i. e. whine-pipe, the Red-wing. Pennant. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• blow-pipe

  An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• chain-pipe

  An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• deck-pipe

  An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• eduction pipe

  A pipe leading from the bottom of a steam-cylinder to the upper part of the condenser in a steam-eng...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gas-pipe

  A term jocularly applied to the newly-introduced breech-loading rifle. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hawse-pipe

  A cast-iron pipe in the hawse-holes to prevent the cable from cutting the wood. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• injection-pipe

  This is fixed in the interior of a marine steam-engine, is fitted with a cock, and communicates with...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pipe-clay

  Known to the ancients under the name of paretonium; formerly indispensable to soldiers as well as th...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pipe down!

  The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pipe-fish

  A fish of the genus Syngnathus, with an elongated slender body and long tubular mouth. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• steam-pipe

  See waste steam-pipe. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• laying a rope

  Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Old Pipe Yard

  South out of Bristol Street to Lime Wharf (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). "The Pipe Yard" (Dodsley, 176...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• blow-off-pipe

  , in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Laying On Of Hands

  This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• laying or lying out on a yard

  To go out towards the yard-arms. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book