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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.]
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Pied imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
Pied a. Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. “Pied coats.” --Burton. “Meadows trim with daisies pied.” --Milton.
Pied antelope Zool., the bontebok.
Pied-billed grebe Zool., the dabchick.
Pied blackbird Zool., any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus.
Pied finch Zool. (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
Pied flycatcher Zool., a common European flycatcher (Ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.
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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, calico, multicolor,
multicolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted,
particolored, particoloured, piebald, varicolored,
varicoloured]