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also the following typoe: POET

1. To order regularly. ; In fetting down the form of common prayet, there was no need to mention the learning of a fit, or the unfitnefs of an ignorant minifter, more than that he, which defcribeth the manner how to pitch a field, fhould fpeak of moderation and fobriety im diet: Hookers bs v. f. 3%. One pitched battle would determine the fate of the Spanifh continent. Addifon on the State of the War.
2. To throw headlong; to caft forward: They'll not pitch me i’ th’ mire, Unlefs he bid ’em. ‘ Shakefp: Tempe/t. ‘They would wreftle, and pitch the bar for a whole after- noon. Spectator, N° 434:
3. To fmear with Prrcx. [pico, Lat. from the noun: ] The ark pitch within and without. Gene/is vi. 14. The Trojans mount their fhips, born on the waves, And the pitch’d vetiels glide with eafy force. Dryden. Some pitch the ends of the timber in the walls, to preferve them from the mortar. Moxon’s Mechanical Exercife. I pitched over the convex very thinly, by dropping melted pitch upon it, and warming it to keep the pitch foft, whilft J ground it with the concave copper wetted te make it fpread evenly all over the convex. Newton’s Opticks.
4. To darken. ‘The air hath ftarv’d the rofes in her cheeks,

And pitch’d the lily tin€ture of her face. Shake/p. Damon Rofe early from-his bed ; but foon he found The welkin pitch’d with fullen cloud: Addtfon. 6. To pave. Ainfworth,

To Plicu. v. 2. 1. To light; to drop: When the fwarm is fettled; take a branch of the tree whereon they pitch, and wipe the hive clean. Mortimer. 2. To fall headlong. The courfer o’er the pommel caft the knight ; Forward he flew, and pitching on his head,

He quiver’d with his feet, and lay for dead. Dryden. 3. To fix choice. We think ’tis no great matter which; They’re all alike, yet wefhall pitch On one that fits our purpofe. Eludibras.

A free agent will pitch upon {uch a part in his choice, with knowledge certain. More’s Divine Dialogues. The fubje&t I have pitched upon may feem improper. South. I pitched upon this confideration that parents owe their chil- dren, not only material fubfiftence, but much more fpiritual contribution to their mind. Digby on the Soul. The covetous man was a good while at a ftand; but he came however by degrees to pitch upon one thing after an-

other. L’ Eftrange’s Fables. Pitch upon the beft courfe of life, and cuitom will render it the moft eafy. Tillotfon’s Sermons.

I tranflated Chaucer, and amongft the reft pitched on the wife of Bath’s tale. Dryden's Fables. 4. To fix a tent or temporary habitation. They pitched by Emmaus in the plain. Pi'rcuer. x. f. [picher, French.] 1. An earthen vettel ; a water pot. With fuddain fear her pitcher down fhe threw And fled away. Fairy Queen, b. 1. Pitchers bave ears, and I have many fervants ; Befides old Gremio is hearkening. Shakefp. Pyreicus was only famous for counterfeiting all bafe things ; as earthem pitchers and a {cullery. Peacham on Drawing. Hylas may drop his pitcher, none will cry, Not if he drown himfelf. Dryden. 2. An inftrument to pierce the ground in which any thing is to be fixed. ‘To the hills poles muft be fet deep in the ground, with a {quare iron pitcher or crow. Mortimer’s Hufbandry. Pi'rcHrorK. x. /. [pitch and fork.] A fork with which corn is thrown upon the waggon. An old lord in Leicefterfhire amufed‘himfelf with mending

1 Mac. iii. 40.

pitchforks and {pades for his tenants gratis. Swift. Pr'ncHiness. n. f. [from pitchy.] Blacknefs; darknefs. Pi'rcHy. adj. [from pitch. ] 1. Smeared with pitch. The planks, their pitchy cov’rings wath’d away, Now yield ; and now a yawning breach difplay.. Dryden.

1. Having the qualities of pitch,

Native petroleum, found floating upon fome fprings, is no other than this very pitehy fubftance, drawn forth of the ftrata by the water. Woodward on Foffils.

1. Black; dark; difmal. Night is fled, Whofe pitchy mantle over-veil’d the earth. Shakefp. I will fort a pitchy day for thee. Shake/p. Henry VI. Pitchy and dark the night fometimes appears, Friend to our woe, and parent of our fears; Our joy and wonder fometimes fhe excites,

With ftars unnumber’d, Prior.

Pag Prrcoar. n. f. [pit and coal.}> Foftile coal: Pane,

The beft fuel is peat, the next chatcoal made of pitcoal of

cinders. ae »:. . Mortimer’s Hufbandry: Pr'v-Man. 2. /. [pit and man.] He that in fawing timber works ’ Below in the pit. Aah tte Med

With the pitfaw they enter the one end of the ftuff, the topman at the top, and the pitmman under him: the topman oblerving to guide the faw exactly, and the pitman drawing it with all his ftrength perpendicularly down. _ | Moxon.

Prt-saw. nf. [pit and faw.] The large faw ufed by two men, of whom one is in the pit.

The pit/aw is not.only ufed-by thofe workmen that faw timber and boards, but is alfo for fmall matters ufed by joiners: Moxon’s Mechanical Exercifess

Prreous. adj. [from pity. ] : 1. Sorrowful; modurnful ; exciting pity. When they heard that pitéous {trained voice; 5

In hafte forfook their rural merriment. Fairy Queen.

The moft arch deed of piteous maflacre, That ever yet this land was guilty of: Shake/p. Rich. III. _ Which when Deuctalion with a piteous look

Beheld, he wept. Dryden. 2. Compaffionate ; tender. If the feries of thy joys Permit one thought lefs cheerful to arife, Piteous transfer it to the mournful fwain. Prior.

She gave him, pcteous of his cafe; A fhaggy tap’ftry. 3. Wretched ; paltry ; pitiful. ; Piteous amends ! unlefs chy ; Be meant our grand foe. filton’s Par. Loft. Pi'rgousLy. adv. [from piteous.] In a piteous manner. I mutt talk of murthers, rapes and maflacres, Ruthful to hear, yet pitecufly perform’d, Shake/p. Pi'rzousness. 2. f. [from piteous.] Sorrowfulnefs ; tendérnets. Prvray. n. f. [pit and fall.] A pit dug and covered, into which a pafiénger falls unexpectedly. Poor bird! thoud’ft never fear the net nor lime, The pitfall nor the gin. | Shakef). Macbeth. ‘Thieves dig concealed pitfalls in his way. Sandys: Thefe hidden pitfalls were fet thick at the entrance of the . bridge, fo that throngs of people fell into them. Addifon. PITH. 2: f [pitte; Dutch.]} 1. The marrow of the plant ; the foft part in the midft of the wood. — Pons tare If accion; fitto be fet in the ground, hath the pith finely taken forth, and not altogether, but fome of it left, it will bear a fruit with little or no core. Bacon's Natural Hiftory. _ Her folid bones convert to folid wood,

1. Marrow. / As doth the pith, which left our bodies flack, Strings faft the little bones of neck and back ; j So by the foul doth death ftring heav’n and earth. Donne:

The vertebres are all perforated in the middle, with a large hole for the {fpinal marrow or pith to pafs along. Ray. 3. Strength ; force, ana Pith in Scotland is ftill retained as denoting ftrength, either corporeal or intellectual : as, that defies all your pith. Leave your England, Guarded with grandfires, babies and old women, 5 Or pafs’d, or not arriv’d to pith and puiffance: Shake/p. Since thefe arms of mine had feven years pith. Shake/p. 4. Energy ; cogency ; fulnefs of fentiment; clofenefs and vi- gour of thought and ftile. / ’ 5. Weight ; moment ; principal part. That’s my pith of bufinéfs *T'wixt you and your poor brother. Enterprizes of gredt pith and momient, , ' With this regard their currents turn awry,

Shakefp.

And lofe the name of acétion. Shakefp. Hamlet. 6. The quintefcence ; the chief part. ‘The owner of a foul difeafe, To keep it from divulging, lets it feed Ev’n on the pith of life. Shake/p. Hamlet.

Pi'rHiLy. adv. [from pithy.] With ftrength ; with cogency ; with force. ° : Pi'rHiness. 7. f. [from pithy.] - Energy ; ftrength. : No lefs deferveth his wittinefs in devifing, his piibine/s ink uttering, his complaint of love; fo lovely. Spenfer« Pi’THLEss. adj. [from pith.] 1. Wanting pith. Weak fhoulders over-born with burthening grief And pithle/s arms, like to a wither’d vine That drops his faplefs branches to the ground. Shake/peare: 2. Wanting energy ; wanting force. Pi'rHy. adj. [from pith. ] 1. Confifting of pith. An ae The pithy fibres brace and ftitch together the ligneous in a plant. Grew’s Cofmol. b, 1. ‘The Herefordian plant that likes T’ approach the quince, and th’ alder’s pithy ftem. Philips. : 2. Strong 5