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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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. (Zo["o]l.) (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} (Zo["o]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie.
{Wood pie}. (Zo["o]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pye \Pye\, noun See 2d {Pie} (b) .
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