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PIEING
Verb
pieing
present participle of pie
Noun
pieing (plural pieings)
An instance of throwing a pie at someone, most prominently a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
Source: Wiktionary
PIE
Pie, n. Etym: [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.
2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Pie crust, the paste of a pie.
Pie, n. Etym: [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. Pi, Paint, Speight.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera. [Written also pye.]
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: The service book.
3. (Pritn.)
Definition: Type confusedly mixed. See Pi. By cock and pie, an adjuration equivalent to "by God and the service book." Shak.
– Tree pie (Zoöl.), any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie.
– Wood pie. (Zoöl.) See French pie, under French.
Pie, v. t.
Definition: See Pi.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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