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

An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.

The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.

Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.

A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.

A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear. [Prov. Eng.]

A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

Same as Quitch grass.

, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

A screech. [R.] Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. Coleridge.

Stitched according to a formal pattern. "An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs." Sterne.

A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb.

To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.

Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.

A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to work the hands and faces of figures.

= Point switch.

Quitch grass.

hread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.

A kind of hairy wool. [Prov.]

One who stitches; a seamstress.