PIED
Pied,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
PIED
Pied, a. Etym: [From Pie the party-colored bird.]
Defn: Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
spotted; piebald. "Pied coats." Burton. "Meadows trim with daisies
pied." Milton. Pied antelope (Zoöl.), the bontebok.
— Pied-billed grebe (Zoöl.), the dabchick.
— Pied blackbird (Zoöl.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus.
— Pied finch (Zoöl.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting.
[Prov. Eng.] — Pied flycatcher (Zoöl.), a common European flycatcher
(Ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.
PIEDMONT
Pied"mont, a. Etym: [F. pied foot + mont mountain.] (Geol.)
Defn: Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
PIEDMONTITE
Pied"mont*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote.
PIEDNESS
Pied"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being pied. Shak.