PITCHING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.

2.
n.

The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. Mayhew.

3.
n.

A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. Pitching piece (Carp.), the horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.


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