pica : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pica	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pica n an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non- nutritional objects are eaten persistently a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing Synonym(s): em, pica em, pica magpies Synonym(s): Pica, genus Pica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pica \Pi"ca\, n. [L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. {Pie} magpie.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The genus that includes the magpies. 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See {Pie}. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. Note: This line is printed in pica Note: Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. {Small pica} (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. Note: This line is printed in small pica