Definition of pitch

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Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..

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Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A sort of crowbar for digging.
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Piceous :: Piceous (a.) Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice..
Spitchcock :: Spitchcock (v. t.) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (v. t.) To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork..
Pitchwork :: Pitchwork (n.) The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc..
Seasickness :: Seasickness (n.) The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel..
Pitcherfuls :: Pitcherfuls (pl. ) of Pitcherfu.
Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..
Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..
Monotone :: Monotone (n.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch..
Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball..
Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..
Corno Inglese :: Corno Inglese () A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn..
Sea Legs :: Sea legs () Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea..
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