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| 2 results for pye | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pye \Pye\, n. See 2d {Pie} (b) . | |
