Pye

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pye \Pye\, n.
     See 2d {Pie}
     (b) .
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