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pied

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pied 1  (pd)
adj.
Patchy in color; splotched or piebald.
[Middle English, from pie, magpie; see pie2.]
pied 2  (pd)
v. Printing
Past tense and past participle of pi2.
pied
Adjective
having markings of two or more colours [dialect pie magpie]
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Adj.1.piedpied - 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"
multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured, calico, motley, painted
colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
pied
adjective variegated, spotted, streaked, irregular, flecked, motley, mottled, dappled, multicoloured, piebald, parti-coloured, varicoloured


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Now, young man, what manner of a bird would you suppose a pied merlin to be--that being the proper sign of my hostel?
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The bird-trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which he had tamed for a decoy.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Then there is the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, how first he piped the rats away, and afterward, when the mayor broke faith with him, drew all the children along with him and went into the mountain.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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