fipple
(noun) a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fipple (plural fipples)
(music) The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.
Source: Wiktionary
Fip"ple (fer), n. Etym: [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]
Definition: A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
