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pitching |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitched}; p. pr & vb n. {Pitching}.] [See {Pitch}, n.] 1. To cover over or smear with pitch. --Gen. vi 14. 2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure. The welkin pitched with sullen could --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitching \Pitch"ing\, n. 1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as wild pitching in baseball. 2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. --Mayhew. 3. (Hydraul. Eng.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. {Pitching piece} (Carp.), the horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pitching n 1: playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team 2: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" [syn: {lurch}, {pitch}]
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