Pie
Pie , noun
[Old English pie, pye; compare Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Compare 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.
Collocations (1)
Pie crust , the paste of a pie.
Pie , noun
[French pie, Latin pica; compare picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Compare Pi, Paint, Speight.]
1.
(a) (Zoology) A magpie.
(b)
(Zoology) Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera.
2.
(Roman Catholic Church) The service book.
3.
(Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.
Collocations (3)
By cock and pie , an adjuration equivalent to “by God and the service book.” — Shakespeare
Tree pie (Zoology) , any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie.
Pie , transitive verb
See Pi.