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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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