Category:Pie

Pie, n. Etym: [oe. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & gael. pighe pie, also gael. Pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin.]

1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it Or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; Pumpkin pie.

2. See camp, n., 5. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Pie crust, the paste of a Pie.

Pie Pie, n. Etym: [f. pie, l. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to Paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. Pi, paint, Speight.]

1. (zoöl.) (a) a magpie. (b) any other species of the genus pica, and of several allied Genera. [written also pye.]

2. (r. C. Ch.)

Defn: the service book.

3. (pritn.)

Defn: type confusedly mixed. See pi. By cock and pie, an adjuration Equivalent to "by god and the service book." Shak. -- tree pie (zoöl.), any asiatic bird of the genus dendrocitta, Allied to the magpie. -- wood pie. (zoöl.) See french pie, under french.

Pie Pie, v. t.

Defn: see pi.