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pica
/ˈpaɪkə/
noun 9
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2VERB + PICA
using
ADV.
instead
Definitions
noun
1
A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.
2
A magpie.
noun
1
A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
I had been at Baldwin's before dinner in consequence of a letter from him which showed me that, by using a pica instead of an English letter in printing my book, I might comprise it within such a number of sheets as a guinea-volume should contain […].
2
A font of this size.
3
A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
4
A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
noun
1
Archaic form of pika (“small lagomorph”).
Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas, tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions[…]
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Synonyms
noun — a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
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The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.
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I had been at Baldwin's before dinner in consequence of a letter from him which showed me that, by using a pica instead of an English letter in printing my book, I might comprise it within such a numb
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Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas, tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions[…]
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