As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft.
Marryat.
3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a
building.
Pipe" clay` (kl`). A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color,
-- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in
scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.
Pipe"clay`, v. t. 1. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's
accouterments.