n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pipestem

n. The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Took a long reed for a pipestem. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pipestone

n. A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

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笙

[笙, shēng] free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd #17556

箫

[箫 / 簫, xiāo] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes, See Also: 排簫, 排箫 #19627

竽

[竽, yú] free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd; larger version of the sheng 笙, See Also: 笙 #48648

吹箫

[吹箫 / 吹簫, chuī xiāo] to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫; fellatio (oral sex); a blowjob, See Also: 箫, 伍子胥, 吳市吹簫, 吴市吹箫, 玉人吹箫 #68083

排箫

[排箫 / 排簫, pāi xiāo] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; also translated as pan pipes #147090

转纽

[转纽 / 轉紐, zhuàn niǔ] organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)

音拴

[音拴, yīn shuān] organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)

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敷設(P);布設

[ふせつ, fusetsu] (n) (1) construction; laying (a road, a railroad, water pipes, etc.); (vs) (2) to construct; to lay (a road, a railroad, water pipes, etc.); (P) #7071

パイプベッド

[paipubeddo] (n) bed with frame made of pipes (wasei

パンパイプ

[panpaipu] (n) panpipes

引き抜き;引抜き

[ひきぬき, hikinuki] (n) (1) hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting; (2) quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); (3) drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

煙管乗車;キセル乗車

[キセルじょうしゃ, kiseru jousha] (n, vs) (See 煙管乗り) cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends)

送水口

[そうすいこう, sousuikou] (n) water supply pipe inlet; outlet (esp. on standpipes and dry risers)

排簫

[はいしょう, haishou] (n) paixiao (ancient Chinese bamboo panpipes)

伏せる

[ふせる, fuseru] (v1, vt) to lay something upside down; to turn something over; to cover; to lay (pipes); to lay (an ambush); to hide; (P)

羅宇

[らう;らお, rau ; rao] (n) (1) Laos; (2) bamboo pipestem

律管

[りっかん, rikkan] (n) (See 十二律) ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale)

笙

[しょう;そう, shou ; sou] (n) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music