pies (pi)

[ IMG:content-0142.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0143.jpg:[graphic] Obverse. Reverse. IMG:content-0144.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia piece = Sp. pieza , pedazo = Pg. peça , ped aço , peda o = It. pezza , pezzo , petium , also (after OF.) pecia , a piece; origin obscure. Cf. ML.pedica , a piece of ground, appar. pes ( ped- ) = E. foot.] 1. A relatively small portion in bulk or extent forming a part of the whole in which it is or was included; a part; bit; morsel: as, a piece of bread or of chalk; a piece of ground; a piece of history; a piece of one's mind. He alle naked hath a ful scharp Knyf in his hond, and he cuttethe a gret pece of his Flesche and caste the it in the face of his Ydole. seyenge his Orysounes, recommendynge him to his God. Mandeville , Travels, p. 177.