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Pitch
v. i.
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To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
Pitch
n.
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A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
Pitch
n.
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That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
Pitch
n.
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A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
Pitch
n.
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Height; stature.
Pitch
n.
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A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pitch
n.
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The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.
Pitch
n.
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The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
Pitch
n.
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The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Pitch
n.
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The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
Pitch
n.
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The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
Pitch
n.
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The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
Pitch-black
a.
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Black as pitch or tar.
Pitchblende
n.
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A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
Pitch-dark
a.
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Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Pitcher
n.
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One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
Pitcher
n.
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A sort of crowbar for digging.
Pitcherfuls
pl.
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of Pitcherful
Pitcherful
n.
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The quantity a pitcher will hold.
Pitch-faced
a.
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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.
Pitchfork
n.
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A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
Pitchfork
v. t.
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To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.
Pitchiness
n.
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Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
Pitching
n.
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The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.
Pitching
n.
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The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
Pitching
n.
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A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Pitch-ore
n.
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Pitchblende.
Pitchstone
n.
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An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
Pitchwork
n.
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The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
Pitchy
a.
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Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.