Definition of pitch

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

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Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Spitchcocked :: Spitchcock (n.) An eel split and broiled.
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..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery..
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..
Washstand :: Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person..
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..
Sarracenia :: Sarracenia (n.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
Pitcherful :: Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.
Roll :: Roll (v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..
Face :: Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line..
Accord :: Accord (v. i.) To agree in pitch and tone.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..
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..
Send :: Send (v. i.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts..
Jug :: Jug (n.) A pitcher; a ewer.
Crock :: Crock (n.) Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
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