Pip

or Pep (pepia), a disease among poultry, _ consisting of a white thin skin, or film, that grows under the tip of the tongue, and hinders their feeding. It usually arises from want of water, or from drinking puddle-water, or eating filthy meat. It is cured by pulling off the film with the fingers, and rubbing the tongue with salt. Hawks are particularly liable to this disease, especially from feeding on stinking flesh. Prp, a spot on the cards. To Pir. v. n. ‘To chirp or ery as a bird (Boyle).