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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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