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pl. IMG:content-1141.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1143.png:[blocks in formation] "And he took awei that fro the myddil pitchynge [affhyens] it on the cro ."-Wycliffe: Colocensis, ii. 2. To fix or plant in the ground, as a stake or pointed instrument; to fix firmly. "Sharp stakes, pluckt out of hedges, They pitched in the ground confusedly." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , 1. 1. 3. To set in orderly arrangement. "There's time to pitch both toil and net." Scott: Rokeby , iii. 31. 4. To fix or set, as a value or price. "Whose vulture thought doth pitch the price so high." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 551. 5. To throw, to cast, to hurl, to to , to project; generally with some definite object; as, to pitch a quoit, to pitch hay. *6. To pa , as counterfeit money. (Eng. Slang.) 7. To pave or face with stonework, as an embank IMG:content-1144.png:[blocks in formation] 3134 at its extremity by an operculum. It is the modi fication of a gland at the extremity of the midrib. It characterizes the Pitcher-plant (q.v.). Pitchers have ears : A proverbial saying, warning or cautioning one that there may be listeners to overhear. Little pitchers have long ears signifies that children are sharp to hear and notice what is said. "Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 4. pitcher-leaf, s . Bot.: Nepenthes phyllamphora , from China. *pitcher-money, s. Money given by the York shire swain to his companions to secure the privilege of visiting his sweetheart at all times without let or hindrance. The custom still lingers in the West Riding. ( English .) ( Notes and Queries , Sept. 17, 1859, p. 239.) pitcher-plant, s . IMG:content-1145.png:[blocks in formation] Gilead."- Genesis xxx i. 25. IMG:content-1146.png:[blocks in formation] "The zebra began to pitch and plunge."-Detroit Free Pre , Nov. 28, 1885. II. Naut .: To rise and fall, as the bow and stern of a ve el pa ing over waves. "We have pitched and rolled, rolled and pitched ter. ribly."-London Daily Telegraph. (1) To pitch a yarn: To tell a tale, especially a nautical one or one bordering on the marvelous; to spin a yarn. "The skipper is in great glee to-night; he pitches his yarns with gusto."-Chambers' Journal, July, 1879, p. 368. (2) To pitch into : To attack, to a ault, to abuse. "Dr. Bowles was indeed pitching into Hardy." - Hope : Stories of School Life , p. 122. (3) To pitch it strong: To act or speak too warmly; to use too strong language. "I wonder he did not overdo it then, he pitched it so strong."-London Daily Telegraph . *(4) Pitch and pay: Pay ready money; cash down. "The word is Pitch and pay: Trust none."- Shakesp .: Henry V., ii. 3. pitched, pa. par. & a. [PITCH (2), v.]