The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . <il-niiiiin<i. one who attends to loadingat the shaft or ot lier place of loading. []-Pitchers box. In batebaU, the station of pitch-(liicli), r. t. [< ME. intch,:n(= pitcher- (pieher), v. [< MK. picher, pijfhtr, = i)au. bvtjc); from the noun.] 1. To smearor cover over with pitch: as, to pitch the seamsof a ship. Then into a pilched potte he wol hem glenc (collect),tir salt water ooii ibiy and nvght hem lene. /aUa
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . <il-niiiiin<i. one who attends to loadingat the shaft or ot lier place of loading. []-Pitchers box. In batebaU, the station of pitch-(liicli), r. t. [< ME. intch,:n(= pitcher- (pieher), v. [< MK. picher, pijfhtr, = i)au. bvtjc); from the noun.] 1. To smearor cover over with pitch: as, to pitch the seamsof a ship. Then into a pilched potte he wol hem glenc (collect),tir salt water ooii ibiy and nvght hem lene. , Unsbondrie (K. F,. T. S.), p. 90. Great and well pitched Cables were twined about themasts of their 8hipj)e8. IlaUuyVis Voyayes. I. 693. Pitch it [the ark] within and without with pitch. lien. vi. 14. 2. To make pitch-dark; darken. [Rare.]The welkin pitched with sudden cloud. Addison. 3. In brewiiifi, to add to (wort) the yeast forthe purpose of set ting up fermentation—pitchedpaper. See paper. pitch-^ (pich), V. i. [An assibilated form of jxc/.-t,v;ii. otpmh-.] To lose flesh in sickness; fallawnv: decline. JliilliWfll. [Prov. Eng.]pitch-and-toss (pichand-tos), ». A game inwhicli tlie players pitch coins at a mark, thatone whose coin lies nearest to tho mark havingthe privi
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