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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hornpipe  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 




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