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PITCH'ED, pp. Set; planted; fixed; thrown headlong; set in array; smeared with p...
PITCH'ER, n. 1. An earthen vessel with a spout for pouring out liquors. This is ...
PITCH'FARTHING, n. A play in which copper coin is pitched into a hole; called al...
PITCH'FORK, n. A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grai...
PITCH'INESS, n. [from pitch.] Blackness; darkness. [Little used.]
PITCH'ING, ppr. Setting; planting or fixing; throwing headlong; plunging; daubin...
PITCH'PIPE, n. An instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch or eleva...
PITCH'Y, a. Partaking of the qualities of pitch; like pitch. 1. Smeared with pit...
PIT'EOUS, a. [See Pity .] Sorrowful; mournful; that may excite pity; as a piteou...
PIT'EOUSLY, adv. In a piteous manner; with compassion. 1. Sorrowfully; mournfully.
PIT'EOUSNESS, n. Sorrowfulness. 1. Tenderness; compassion.
PIT'FALL, n. A pit slightly covered for concealment, and intended to catch wild ...
PITH, n. 1. The soft spungy substance in the center of plants and trees. 2. In a...
PITH'ILY, adv. With strength; with close or concentrated force; cogently; with e...
PITH'INESS, n. Strength; concentrated force; as the pithiness of a reply.
PITH'LESS, a. Destitute of pith; wanting strength. 1. Wanting cogency or concent...