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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piebald  \Pie"bald`\,  a.  [Pie  the  party-colored  bird  +  bald.] 
  1.  Having  spots  and  patches  of  black  and  white,  or  other 
  colors;  mottled;  pied.  ``A  piebald  steed  of  Thracian 
  strain.''  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Mixed.  ``Piebald  languages.''  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  piebald 
  adj  :  having  sections  or  patches  colored  differently  and  usually 
  brightly;  "a  jester  dressed  in  motley";  "the  painted 
  desert,";  "a  particolored  dress";  "a  piebald  horse"; 
  "pied  daisies"  [syn:  {motley},  {multicolor},  {culticolour}, 
  {multicolored},  {multicoloured},  {painted},  {particolored}, 
  {particoloured},  {pied},  {varicolored},  {varicoloured}] 




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