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   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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   Pye (?), n. See 2d Pie (b).
   
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