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pipe someone aboard — if sailors pipe someone aboard their ship, they formally welcome them by playing a special tune on a small pipe … English dictionary
pipe — I UK [paɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms pipe : singular pipe plural pipes ** 1) a tube that carries liquid or gas from one place to another The pipes had frozen during the severe weather. lay a pipe: Workers were laying water pipes outside… … English dictionary
pipe — 1 noun (C) 1 TUBE a tube through which a liquid or gas flows, often under the ground: A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. | Workmen were laying pipes under the road. | The pipe s blocked again! | a gas pipe 2 FOR SMOKING a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pipe — [pīp] n. [ME < OE < WGmc * pipa < VL * pipa < L pipare, to cheep, chirp, peep, of echoic orig.] 1. a hollow cylinder or cone, as of reed, straw, wood, or metal, in which air vibrates to produce a musical sound, as in an organ or wind… … English World dictionary
Naval tradition — A naval tradition is a tradition that is, or has been, observed in one or more navies. Ship bell of ORP Iskra II Polish Navy school tall ship A basic tradition is that all ships commissioned in a navy are referred to as ships rather than vessels … Wikipedia
Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed … Universalium
William Hope Hodgson's short stories — This page contains information about the short stories of William Hope Hodgson.=The Sargasso Sea Stories=For further details about William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea cycle of stories, see the article on William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea… … Wikipedia
Cylon (reimagining) — This article is about the Cylons from the reimagined 2004 Battlestar Galactica series and its spin offs. For an overview of the Cylons in all Battlestar Galactica series, see Cylon (Battlestar Galactica). For other uses, see Cylon… … Wikipedia
List of Onedin Line episodes — The Onedin Line episode list shows details of the 91 episodes of the BBC television series The Onedin Line. Contents 1 Series 1 2 Series 2 3 … Wikipedia
List of pipeline accidents — The following is a list of pipeline accidents: This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Contents 1 Bel … Wikipedia
