SE'A-PYE, also the oyster-catcher, from its thrusting its beak into oysters when open, and taking out the animal.
SE'A-PIE, noun [sea and pie.] A dish of food consisting of paste and meat boiled together; so named because common at sea.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.