Pie (?), n. [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.
<-- easy as pie = very easy -->
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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.]
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 Zool., any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie. -- Wood pie. Zool. See French pie, under French.
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Pie, v. t.
See Pi.
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