Definition of pitch

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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..

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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..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..
Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Pitch-faced :: Pitch-faced (a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pissasphalt :: Pissasphalt (n.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt..
Motion :: Motion (n.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch..
Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear..
Pitchwork :: Pitchwork (n.) The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.
Sharp :: Sharp (v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch.
Link :: Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like..
Send :: Send (v. i.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
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..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
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