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Definitions for Bagpipe
ˈbægˌpaɪpbag·pipe
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Princeton's WordNet
bagpipenoun
a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
Wiktionary
bagpipenoun
Singular of bagpipes (normally used in plural)
bagpipeverb
To play the bagpipes.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bagpipenoun
A musical instrument, consisting of a leathern bag, which blows up like a foot-ball, by means of a port vent or little tube fixed to it, and stopped by a valve; and three pipes or flutes, the first called the great pipe or drone, and the second the little one; which pass the wind out only at the bottom; the third has a reed, and is plaid on by compressing the bag under the arm, when full; and opening or stopping the holes, which are eight, with the fingers. The bagpipe takes in the compass of three octaves. Ephraim Chambers
Etymology: from bag and pipe; the wind being received in a bag.
No banners but shirts, with some bad bagpipes instead of drum and fife. Philip Sidney, b. i.
He heard a bagpipe, and saw a general animated with the sound. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 27.
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bagpipe
A bagpipe is a traditional musical instrument of Scottish and Irish origin, often associated with Celtic or folk music. It is composed of a bag, usually made of leather, which acts as an air reservoir. Attached to the bag are several pipes - a blowpipe to fill the bag with air, a chanter on which the melody is played, and one or more drone pipes which produce a constant harmonizing note. It is played by blowing air into the bag and then pressing the bag with the arm to force the air out through the pipes.
Webster Dictionary
Bagpipenoun
a musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland
Bagpipeverb
to make to look like a bagpipe
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
bagpipe
To bagpipe the mizen is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen-shrouds.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
bagpipe
The name of a musical warlike instrument, of the wind kind, used by the Scotch regiments, and sometimes by the Irish. Bagpipes were used by the Danes, by the Romans, and by the Asiatics. The Greeks also had an instrument composed of a pipe and blown-up skin. The bagpipe has been a favorite instrument among the Scots. There are two varieties, the one with long pipes, sounded with the mouth; the other, with short pipes, filled with air by a bellows, and played on with the fingers. The first, the loudest and most ear-piercing of all music, is the genuine Highland pipe, and was suited to the warlike genius of that people. It formerly roused their courage to battle, alarmed them when secure, and collected them when scattered, solaced them in their long and painful marches, and in time of peace kept up the memory of the gallantry of their ancestors by the tunes composed after signal victories. The other is the Irish bagpipe.
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- säkkipilli, soittaaFinnish
- BagpipeIndonesian
- バグパイプJapanese
- გუდასტვირიGeorgian
- doedelzakDutch
- gaita de folesPortuguese
- cimpoiRomanian
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