2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
{Pie crust}, the paste of a pie. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pie crust — pie ,crust noun count or uncount the PASTRY covering of a PIE: PASTRY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pie crust — noun pastry used to hold pie fillings • Syn: ↑pie shell • Hypernyms: ↑pastry * * * pie crust UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular pie crust … Useful english dictionary
pie crust — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pie crust : singular pie crust plural pie crusts the pastry covering of a pie … English dictionary
pie-crust — see promises, like pie crust, are made to be broken … Proverbs new dictionary
Pie crust crab — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crusta … Wikipedia
pie crust table — pie crust table, a table having an ornamental edge suggesting the crust of a pie … Useful english dictionary
pie crust — noun (C, U) the pastry (1) that is underneath and sometimes covering the meat or fruit in a pie (1) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pie·crust — /ˈpaıˌkrʌst/ noun, pl crusts [count] : the outer part of a pie … Useful english dictionary
promises, like pie-crust, are made to be broken — 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. He makes no more of breaking Acts of Parliaments, than if they were like Promises and Pie crust made to be broken. 1871 TROLLOPE Ralph the Heir II. iv. ‘Promises like that are mere pie crust,’ said Ralph. 1981… … Proverbs new dictionary
Pie — Pie, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
