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Webster 1913 Edition

Pie

Pie

,
Noun.
[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
,
Noun.
, 5.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Pie crust
,
the paste of a pie.

Pie

,
Noun.
[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
.

Pie

,
Verb.
T.
See
Pi
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pie

PIE

,
Noun.
[Gr. thick; or from mixing.]
An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it, as apple, minced meat, &c.

PIE

,
Noun.
[L. pica.] The magpie, a party-colored bird of the genus Corvus. It is sometimes written pye.
1.
The old popish service book, supposed to be so called from the different color of the text and rubric, or from litera picata, a large black letter, used at the beginning of each order.
2.
Printers' types mixed or unsorted.
Cork and pie, an adjuration by the pie or service book, and by the sacred name of the Deity corrupted.

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