Piece"work` (?), n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a
rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time
employed.
The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre.
R. Jefferies.
Pied (?), imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
Pied (?), a. [From Pie the party- colored bird.] Variegated with spots
of different colors; party- colored; spotted; piebald. "Pied coats."
Burton. "Meadows trim with daisies pied." Milton.
Pied antelope (Zoˆl.), the bontebok. -- Pied-billed grebe (Zoˆl.), the
dabchick. -- Pied blackbird (Zoˆl.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
Turdulus. -- Pied finch (Zoˆl.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow
bunting. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pied flycatcher (Zoˆl.), a common European
flycatcher (Ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.
Pied"mont (?), a. [F. pied foot + mont mountain.] (Geol.) Noting the
region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Pied"mont*ite (?), n. (Min.) A manganesian kind of epidote, from
Piedmont. See Epidote.
Pied"ness (?), n. The state of being pied. Shak.
||PiÈ`douche" (?), n. [F., fr. It. peduccio console, corbel.] A
||pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts,
||vases, and the like.