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One who pities. Gauden.

Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11.

Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.

One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.

A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.

A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America. Squier.

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Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidæ. Most of the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not…

d from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.

ood bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole. "A good pitaunce." Chaucer. One half only of this pittance was ever given him in money. Macaulay.

Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2.

A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.

With, or with the sound of, alternating light beats; as, his heart went pitter-patter.

To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle. [R.] Latimer.

Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.

Mucus, phlegm.

Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus. Pituitous fever (Med.), typhoid fever; enteric fever.

A substance or extract from the pituitary body.

Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.