pittock (pit ok)

The coalfish. [Prov. Eng.] Pittosporaceæ (pit"ō-spō-ra'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Lindley, 1846), so called from their resinous capsules; It is two other orders in its numerous ovules, and in its regular flowers with five stamens; it is also characterized by its five imbricated sepals, five petals with of the family Crotalidæ, as a rattlesnake; a 6 A Pit-viper, the Moccasin or Cottonmouth ( An cist rod on piscivorus), three fourths natural size. a, nostril; b, pit. pit-headed viper: so called from the characteristic pit between the eyes and the nose. See Bothrophera. IMG:content-0298.jpg:[blocks in formation] Another consequence of the improvement that has set in with the coal trade is the advance in pitwood . The Engineer, LXVI. 40. pit-work (pit'werk), n . The pump and gear connected with it in the engine-shaft of a mine. pity (pit'i), n. [Early mod. E. also pitty , pitie ; pitte , pite , pyte , pete , pite , pitic , pitet , F. pit ié = Sp. piedad = Pg. piedade = It. pietà , pity, L. pieta (t-)s, piety, affection, pity: see piety. Cf. pittance .] 1. Sympathetic sorrow for and suffering with another; a feeling which inspires one to relieve the suffering of another. And sap her is swete that souzte all wrong is, Ypoudride wyth pete ther it be ouzte, And traylid with trout he and treste al aboute. Richard the Redele , i. 46. For off the peple haue I gret pitte . Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3194. I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are: the want of which vain dew, Perchance, shall dry your pities . sionate; commiserate: as, to pity the blind or their misfortune; to pity the oppre ed. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii. 13. He pities them whose fortunes are embark'd In his unlucky quarrel. Fletcher ( and another ), False One, i. 1. A weak man, put to the test by rough and angry times, as Waller was, may be pitied, but meanne is nothing but contemptible under any circumstances. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 19. =Syn. 2. To sympathize with, feel for. See pity, n. II. in trans. To be compa ionate; exercise pity. I will not pity , nor spare, nor have mercy. Jer. xiii. 14. pityingly (pit'i-ing-li), adv . So as to show pity; compa ionately.