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Definition of pie
pie Pi Pi, n. [See Pica, Pie magpie, service-book.] (Print.)
A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also
pie.]
pie Pi Pi, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pied; p. pr. & vb. n. Pieing.]
(Print.)
To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix
and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also
pie.]
Pie Pie Pie, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also
Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin.]
1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with
something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie;
mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.
2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Pie crust, the paste of a pie.
Pie 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.]
2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book.
3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.
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.
