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water pipe
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hookah \Hook"ah\ (h[oo^]k"[.a]), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. Also called narghile and water pipe. The hubble-bubble is a simple form of this device. [1913 Webster +PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per. n[=a]rgh[imac]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form. [1913 Webster +PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Water pipe \Wa"ter pipe\ A pipe for conveying water. [1913 Webster]
