pye

[ pahy ]

/ paɪ /

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noun Ecclesiastical.

a variant of pie⁴.

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Origin of pye

First recorded in 1530–40

Words nearby pye

pycnium, pycno-, pycnometer, pycnostyle, Pydna, pye, pye-dog, pyelitis, pyelo-, pyelogram, pyelography

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How to use pye in a sentence

Flyways, working in tandem with Ward, had found the most efficient route, which would take Pullis west of the Puget Sound, past waypoints ETCHY and PYE near Point Reyes, and into San Francisco from the west.
Travel Is Coming Back, and Artificial Intelligence May Be Planning Your Next Flight|Alana Semuels/Seattle|May 25, 2021|Time
So home to dinner, and had an excellent Good Friday dinner of peas porridge and apple pye.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
There, beyond the Joe-Pye weed, and between the stump and the cedar-top, is a hand's breadth of black water.
Fishing with a Worm|Bliss Perry
Keep some whole ones, to lay a bed of them at the top of the Pye, when all is in.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby

"Those Pye girls are cheats all round," said Diana indignantly, as they climbed the fence of the main road.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mr. Phillips will make me sit with that horrid Gertie Pye—I know he will because she is sitting alone.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for pye

pye

/ (paɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of pie 5

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