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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.

A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.

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.

The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.

To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer.

A pitcher for water.