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, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine. -- Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form. -- P…

A pistol shot.

bloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.

One who uses a pistol. [R.] Carlyle.

A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl.

A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.…

A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston.

The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.

A pit; a pockmark.

ve Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.

A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.

In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.

s; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. Ecclus. xiii. 1.

Black as pitch or tar.

Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.

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.

Pitchblende.

A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.

One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

The quantity a pitcher will hold.