Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
piet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A magpie; a piet.
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- noun Scotland and northern UK A
magpie ; a water ouzel.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I'm thinking jay is the English for some sort of a pyet -- a tale-bearer, as a body may say -- a blab."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various
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To catch the pyet in her nest amidst the grays o 'e'en;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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--- Here cometh the worthy prelate, as pert as a pyet. ''
Ivanhoe 1892
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'Hush, hush! sweet pyet; mine own name is what they must not bear.'
The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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--- ` ` Never mind me, sir --- I am no tale-pyet; but there are mair een in the warld than mine, '' answered he as he pocketed Lovel's bounty, but in a tone to be heard by him alone, and with an expression which amply filled up what was left unspoken.
The Antiquary 1845
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-- "Never mind me, sir -- I am no tale-pyet; but there are mair een in the warld than mine," answered he as he pocketed Lovel's bounty, but in a tone to be heard by him alone, and with an expression which amply filled up what was left unspoken.
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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-- "Never mind me, sir -- I am no tale-pyet; but there are mair een in the warld than mine," answered he as he pocketed Lovel's bounty, but in a tone to be heard by him alone, and with an expression which amply filled up what was left unspoken.
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Këtë e pranoi Komisioneri Stefan Fule kur u pyet nese egzistonte mundësia që dhe
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Këtë e pranoi Komisioneri Stefan Fule kur u pyet nese egzistonte mundësia që dhe Shqipëria të kishte në nëntor, përkrah Malit të Zi, opinionin mbi statusin kandidat dhe jo vetëm raportin e progresit nga Komisioni.
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He too built a temple and there was an omen Phaya li pyee pyeegyi li pyet (after finishing the temple, it will be the downfall of the country).
unknown title 2009
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