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pied |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pi \Pi\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pied}; p. pr & vb n. {Pieing}.] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type to mix and disarrange the type of as to pi a form [Written also {pie}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pied \Pied\, imp. & p. p. of {Pi}, or {Pie}, v. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. ``Pied coats.'' --Burton. ``Meadows trim with daisies pied.'' --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo["o]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo["o]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo["o]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo["o]l.) a The chaffinch. b The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pied adj : having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert,"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: {motley}, {multicolor}, {culticolour}, {multicolored}, {multicoloured}, {painted}, {particolored}, {particoloured}, {piebald}, {varicolored}, {varicoloured}]
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