pice

[ pahys ]

noun

, plural pice.

1. a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie ⁵.
2. paisa ( def 1 ).

pice

/ paɪs /

noun

1. a former Indian coin worth one sixty-fourth of a rupee

Word History and Origins

Origin of pice¹

First recorded in 1615–20; paisa ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of pice¹

C17: from Mahratti paisā

Example Sentences

My favorite tests for sharpening knives is the paper trick: Simply sliding a knife through a singular pice of printer paper and seeing if it slices cleanly — or merely cutting into a tomato.

From Salon

The children had bought boxes of coloured matches and strings of patt-has and a few pice worth of crackers, like small nuts, which split in two with a loud bang amid a shower of sparks when lit.

From Literature

It’s the kind of place where barely an inch of wall space isn’t adorned with some pice of memorabilia.

From Golf Digest

He was 47 when he took the leap into his second career and bought a pice of land north of San Francisco.

From Seattle Times

My dog is called Abby and she's a huge pice of log too.

From Los Angeles Times