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

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

A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.

ually. -- To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. -- To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

lly of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

A fork for pitching and tedding hay. Horse hayfork, a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in the loft, or on a mow, by horse power.

The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard. "An over-arm with a round-arm bowler." R. A. Proctor.

Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder. Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

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

The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.

A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).

rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. -- To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. -- To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] -- To ride to hounds, to ride behind,…

de, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

ather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

Line. -- Ship pendulum, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. -- Ship railway. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between tw…

Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]