n. 异食癖, 鹊, 12点活字

[医] 异食癖, 异嗜癣

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. (Zo["o]l.) The genus that includes the magpies.

2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for
food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See {Pie}. [Obs.]

4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and
smaller than English.

Note: This line is printed in pica

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.

{Small pica} (Print.), a size of type next larger than long
primer, and smaller than pica.

Note: This line is printed in small pica