pica

4 definitions found

pica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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. (Zool.) The genus that includes the magpies.
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     2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for
        food, such as clay, chalk, ashes, coal, etc.;
        chthonophagia.
  
     Syn: allotriophagy.
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     3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [Obs.]
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     4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and
        smaller than English.
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     Note: This line is printed in pica
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     Note: 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.
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     Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long
        primer, and smaller than pica.
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     Note: This line is printed in small pica
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  allotriophagy \al`lo*tri*oph"a*gy\
     ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[i^]*[o^]f"[.a]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. 'allo`trios
     strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie.] (Med.)
     A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious
     food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. --AS
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pica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pica
      n 1: an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-
           nutritional objects are eaten persistently
      2: a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing [syn: em, pica   em
         , pica]
      3: magpies [syn: Pica, genus Pica]

pica - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "pica":
     analgesia, anesthesia, anxiety equivalent, ascender, back,
     bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, body, cap,
     capital, case, counter, depraved appetite, descender, em, en, face,
     fat-faced type, feet, font, groove, italic, letter, ligature,
     logotype, lower case, majuscule, minuscule, neurasthenia, nick,
     paresthesia, parorexia, pi, point, print, roman, sans serif,
     script, shank, shoulder, small cap, small capital,
     speech abnormality, stamp, stem, type, type body, type class,
     type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry,
     upper case