PIE
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also
Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.]
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.
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2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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{Pie crust}, the paste of a pie.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to
paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf.
{Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A magpie.
(b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several
allied genera. [Written also {pye}.]
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2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book.
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3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}.
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{By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to "by God and
the service book." --Shak.
{Tree pie} (Zool.), any Asiatic bird of the genus
{Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie.
{Wood pie}. (Zool.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. {Campaign},
{Champ}, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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{Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
{camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
{Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
{Camp fever}, typhus fever.
{Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
{Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
{Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool
has no back.
{Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
{To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
{To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains.
Rev. Dr. Mucker
(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)
Cold pie is a detestable
American comestible.
That's why I'm done -- or undone --
So far from that dear London.
(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "pie":
Danish pastry, Deutschmark, French pastry, Mark, Reichsmark,
afghani, anna, baht, baklava, blintz, breeze, cent, centavo,
centime, chocolate eclair, cinch, conto, cream puff, dollar, dong,
dowdy, easy target, easy thing, eclair, florin, franc, guilder,
gulden, kip, kopeck, krona, krone, lira, milreis, pandowdy, pastry,
pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, peseta, picnic,
piece of cake, piece of eight, pipe, pistareen, pound, puff,
pushover, quiche, rand, rial, rosette, ruble, rupee, setup, shekel,
shilling, sinecure, sitting duck, snap, sol, sou, stiver, strudel,
tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, velvet, vol-au-vent,
won, yen
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