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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.

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.

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.

Pious; devout. [Obs.] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif.