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pica


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pica  \Pi"ca\,  n.  [L.  pica  a  pie,  magpie;  in  sense  3  prob.  named 
  from  some  resemblance  to  the  colors  of  the  magpie.  Cf  {Pie} 
  magpie.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  genus  that  includes  the  magpies. 
 
  2.  (Med.)  A  vitiated  appetite  that  craves  what  is  unfit  for 
  food,  as  chalk,  ashes,  coal,  etc.;  chthonophagia. 
 
  3.  (R.  C.  Ch.)  A  service-book.  See  {Pie}.  [Obs.] 
 
  4.  (Print.)  A  size  of  type  next  larger  than  small  pica,  and 
  smaller  than  English. 
 
  Note:  This  line  is  printed  in  pica 
 
  Note:  Pica  is  twice  the  size  of  nonpareil,  and  is  used  as  a 
  standard  of  measurement  in  casting  leads,  cutting 
  rules  etc.,  and  also  as  a  standard  by  which  to 
  designate  several  larger  kinds  of  type  as  double  pica, 
  two-line  pica,  four-line  pica,  and  the  like 
 
  {Small  pica}  (Print.),  a  size  of  type  next  larger  than  long 
  primer,  and  smaller  than  pica. 
 
  Note:  This  line  is  printed  in  small  pica 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pica 
  n  1:  a  linear  unit  (1/6  inch)  used  in  printing  [syn:  {em},  {pica 
  em}] 
  2:  magpies  [syn:  {Pica},  {genus  Pica}] 




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