~ 1
■ noun a baked dish of savoury or sweet ingredients encased in or topped with pastry.
Phrases
( as ) —— as ~ informal very ——.
~ in the sky informal something pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized.
Origin
ME: prob. the same word as ~ 2 , the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a mag~.
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~ 2
■ noun used in names of birds resembling a mag~, e.g. tree ~ .
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. pica 'mag~'.
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~ 3
■ noun a former monetary unit of the Indian subcontinent, equal to one twelfth of an anna.
Origin
from Hindi pā'ī , from Sanskrit pada , padī 'quarter'.