Pi"per (?), n. [L.]
See Pepper.
© Webster 1913.
Pip"er (?), n.
1. Mus.
One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
"The hereditary
piper and his sons."
Macaulay.
2. Zool. (a)
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
(b)
A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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