1musicto play a pipe, flute or similar wind instrument:
(
a.1399; MS: a.1399
)(the minstrels) comencerount de trumper et de naker et piper
103.1
2mammalssoundzool.to squeak, emit a high-pitched sound (like a mouse):
(
c.1165; MS: s.xiii2
)
La suriz pipe en aut e crie Que quida tut estre perie. Un escufle i vient roant, Vit la suriz ki veit pipant [...]
60.71 and 74
(
1212; MS: 1212-13
)(The Devil) Quant chat fut donc meaunonot, [...] Si baeillot quant ert berbiz, E pippot quant se feinst souriz
8514
piper2 (c.1165)