Definition of pitch

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Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..

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Tough-pitch :: Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
Saucisse :: Saucisse (n.) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc..
Darlingtonia :: Darlingtonia (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Pitchwork :: Pitchwork (n.) The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..
Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (v. t.) To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork..
Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..
Pitchblende :: Pitchblende (n.) A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
Pitchy :: Pitchy (a.) Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
Corno Inglese :: Corno Inglese () A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn..
Pitcherfuls :: Pitcherfuls (pl. ) of Pitcherfu.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Flat :: Flat (v. i.) To fall form the pitch.
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low..
Face :: Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Lean-to :: Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall..
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