Note 82 — Chapter V · THE BIRDS OF SONG.
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Pied, that is parti-coloured, of different hues. So in The Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 3:—
“That all the yeanlings (i.e. young lambs) which were streaked and pied.”
And in The Tempest, Caliban, alluding to the parti-coloured dress which Trinculo, as a jester, wore, says:—
“What a pied ninny’s this.”
Milton, in “L’allegro,” speaks of “meadows trim with daisies pied.”