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Definition: pye
Pie
\Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to
paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf.
Pi,
Paint,
Speight.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A magpie.
(b) Any other species of the genus
Pica, and of several
allied genera. [Written also
pye.]
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2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book.
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3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See
Pi.
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By cock and pie, an adjuration equivalent to
“by God and
the service book.” --Shak.
Tree pie (Zo["o]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus
Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie.
Wood pie. (Zo["o]l.) See
French pie, under
French.
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