pie crust

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pie crust - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 pie.
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     2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     Pie crust, the paste of a pie.
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pie crust - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pie crust
      n 1: pastry used to hold pie fillings [syn: pie crust, pie shell
           ]