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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.

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  1. n. 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. n. See Camp, n., 5.
  3. n. A magpie.
  4. n. Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera.
  5. n. The service book.
  6. n. Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.
  7. v. t. See Pi.
  8. n. a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
  9. n. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  10. 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. 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.) 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 (Zoöl.), any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie. -- Wood pie. (Zoöl.) See French pie, under French. See Pi.
  11. n:100 n. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top