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Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of
ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
to preserve them.
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He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
--Ecclus.
xiii. 1.
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2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}.
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{Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See
{Kauri}.
{Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}.
{Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum.
{Jew's pitch}, bitumen.
{Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}.
{Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal.
{Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
luster.
{Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine,
yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
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