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Webster 1913 Edition

Pip

Pip

,
Noun.
[OE.
pippe
, D.
pip
, or F.
pépie
; from LL.
pipita
, fr. L.
pituita
slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf.
Pituite
.]
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

,
Noun.
[Formerly
pippin
,
pepin
. Cf.
Pippin
.]
(Bot.)
A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip

,
Noun.
[Perh. for
pick
, F.
pique
a spade at cards, a pike. Cf.
Pique
.]
One of the conventional figures or “spots” on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
Addison.

Pip

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pipping
.]
[See
Peep
.]
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick
pip
and cry in the egg.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pip

PIP

,
Noun.
A disease of fowls; a horny pellicle that grows on the tip of their tongue.
1.
A spot on cards.

PIP

,
Verb.
I.
[L. pipio.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; commonly pronounced peep.

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