Pitch

pich, n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.— v.t. to smear with pitch.— adjs. Pitch′-black , Pitch′-dark , dark as pitch: very dark.— ns. Pitch′-blende , a black oxide of uranium; Pitch′-coal , a kind of bituminous coal: jet; Pitch′ine , state or quality of being pitchy; Pitch′-pine , a kind of pine which yields pitch, and is much used in America as fuel; Pitch′-plas′ter , a plaster of Burgundy or white pitch; Pitch′-stone , an old volcanic-like hardened pitch; Pitch′-tree , the kauri pine, the Amboyna pine, or the Norway spruce.— adj. Pitch′y , having the qualities of pitch: smeared with pitch: black like pitch: dark: dismal. [A.S. pic —L. pix , pic-is .]