BAGPIPE
ADJECTIVES
► SACK-DOODLING that plays on the bagpipes → 1824 Sc. quasi-arch.
NOUNS
► BAGS bagpipes → 1275 poetic usage, obs.
► BLADDER ► BLETHER a bagpipe → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOODLE-SACK a bagpipe → L18 Sc.
► MUSE a bagpipe → 1484 obs.
► SKIRL the sound of the bagpipe → 1860 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TOODLE-LOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute → 1542
► TOODLE-TOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute → 1566 obs.
VERBS
► BLAST to play the bagpipe → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLAW to play the bagpipe → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► ROAR to make a loud droning noise; said of bagpipes → 1819 Sc.
► SKIRL 1. to produce the shrill sounds by which it is characterized; said of bagpipes → 1665 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to play the bagpipe → 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.