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pye


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pye  \Pye\,  n. 
  See  2d  {Pie} 
  b  . 




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