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pica |
2 definitions found 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["o]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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pica n 1: a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing [syn: {em}, {pica em}] 2: magpies [syn: {Pica}, {genus Pica}]
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