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 horn·pipe /ˈhɔrnˌpaɪp/
 從前流行的一種木笛

 Horn·pipe n. Mus. (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
    Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
 (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.
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 hornpipe
      n 1: a British solo dance performed by sailors
      2: music for dancing the hornpipe
      3: an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made
         of bone [syn: pibgorn, stockhorn]