Pica

[Pi·ca]

Magpies

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The genus that includes the magpies.

Noun
eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency

Noun
magpies

Noun
a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

n.
The genus that includes the magpies.

n.
A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.

n.
A service-book. See Pie.

n.
A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.

Pica

Pi"ca , n. [L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. Pie magpie.] 1. (Zo'94l.) The genus that includes the magpies. 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. &hand; This line is printed in pica &hand; Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. &hand; This line is printed in small pica

The genus that includes the magpies.

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