sea pye
sea pye is the alternative form of sea pie.
Meaning of sea pie
Noun (1)
sea pie (countable and uncountable, plural sea pies)
- A dish of crust or pastry with meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, once a common food of sailors.
- [L]ast of all, a prodigious sea-pye was presented, with an infinite volume of pancakes and fritters.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
Noun (2)
sea pie (plural sea pies)
- The oystercatcher (any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish).
- In the West Bay we had pretty good sport among the sea pies and shaggs […] .1773, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 24 May
Forms of sea pye
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Questions about sea pye
- What is sea pye the alternative form of?
- Sea pye is the alternative form of sea pie.
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