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Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C..

Key :: Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.

Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..

Tough-cake :: Tough-cake (n.) See Tough-pitch (b).

Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..

Sarracenia :: Sarracenia (n.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

Labor :: Labor (n.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea..

Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..

Basilicon :: Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance..

Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.

Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..

Pick :: Pick (v.) To throw; to pitch.

Maltha :: Maltha (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor..

Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..

Link :: Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like..

Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone..

Throat :: Throat (n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase..

Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.

Loco :: Loco (adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

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