The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. (Zool.)
(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 (Zool.), any Asiatic bird of the genus
Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie.
Wood pie. (Zool.) See French pie, under French.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pye \Pye\, n.
See 2d Pie
(b) .
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