Category:Pip

Pip, n. Etym: [oe. pippe, d. pip, or f. pépie; from ll. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.]

Defn: a contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, Discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in The mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is Restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by Them.

Pip Pip, n. Etym: [formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (bot.)

Defn: a seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip Pip, n. Etym: [perh. for pick, f. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.]

Defn: one of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, Dominoes, etc. Addison.

Pip Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] Etym: [see Peep.]

Defn: to cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.