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Set :: Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm..

Pitch :: 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..

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

Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..

Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Olpe :: Olpe (n.) Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout..

Pight :: Pight (imp. & p. p.) Pitched; fixed; determined.

Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune..

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..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..

Note :: Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:.

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.

Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..

Monotone :: Monotone (n.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch..

Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..

Pitching :: Pitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pitc.

Tone :: Tone (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones..

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