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hair pipe

noun

Etymology

Obscure, possibly from hair + pipe, as a description of one of its uses. Earliest known usage from 1767.

  1. inherited from pīpian
  2. inherited from pipen
  3. derived from pipa
  4. derived from pipe
  5. derived from pipire
  6. derived from *pīpa✻
  7. inherited from *pīpā✻
  8. inherited from pīpe
  9. inherited from pipe
  10. compounded as hair pipe — “hair + pipe”

Definitions

  1. A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal…

    A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.

    • Wampum, Weoka / “ hair pipes, Waebosndata
    • About 1850 he, in connection with his brother James, invented a machine for drilling wampum hair-pipe, which is manufactured from conch-shells and clam-shells.
    • The Kiowas used brass earrings, from each of which was suspended a hair pipe, which in turn supported a brass chain with a German-silver ornament at the end.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA