See Also: macle(medicine)
macle(dictionary)

pip-pip (iou) and macle (medicine)


pip-pip (iou)



pip-pip noun & interjection. E20.
[Imit.]
(Repr.) a repeated short high-pitched sound, spec. that made by a motor car horn. E20.
(An utterance of) goodbye. Cf. TOODLE-PIP. arch. slang. E20.
F. Donaldson Well, pip pip and good-bye-ee and so forth.

macle (medicine)


macle
<chemical> Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section. See Chiastolite.

A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.

A twin crystal.

Origin: L. Macula a spot: cf. F. Macle. Cf. Mackle, Mascle.

Source: Websters Dictionary