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PITCH'FARTHING, n. A play in which copper coin is pitched into a hole; called al...
PITCH'ER, n. 1. An earthen vessel with a spout for pouring out liquors. This is ...
PITCH'ED, pp. Set; planted; fixed; thrown headlong; set in array; smeared with p...
PITCH, n. [L. pix; Gr. most probably named from its thickness or inspissation; L...
PIT'APAT, adv. [probably allied to beat.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quic...
PITAHA'YA, n. A shrub of California, which yields a delicious fruit, the Cactus ...
PIT-FISH, n. A small fish of the Indian seas, about the size of a smelt, of a gr...
PIT'-COAL, n. Fossil coal; coal dug from the earth.
PIT, v.t. To indent; to press into hollows. 1. To mark with little hollows, as b...
PIS'TON, n. [L. pinso, the primary sense of which is to press, send, drive, thru...
PIS'TOLET, n. A little pistol.
PISTO'LE, n. A gold coin of Spain, but current in the neighboring countries.
PIS'TOL, n. A small fire-arm, or the smallest fire-arm used, differing from a mu...
PISTILLIF'EROUS, a. [pistil and L. fero, to bear.] Having a pistil without stame...
PISTILLA'TION, n. [L. pistillum, a pestle, that is, a beater or driver.] The act...
PIS'TILLATE, a. Having or consisting in a pistil.