pitch chain

A chain composed of metallic plates bolted or riveted together, to work in the "The exact pitch or limits where temperance ends." - teeth of wheels. Sharp: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 7. *5. Size, stature, figure. "So like in person, garb, and pitch ." Butler: Hudibras, III. iii. 72. 6. The point where a declivity or slope begins; a declivity, a slope, a descent, an inclination; the degree or rate of an inclination or slope. [II. 2.] 7. A place or spot where a street-seller pitches or sets up his stall or stand; a place where street performers act. "The same party of ragged urchins follow a troupe of athletes from ' pitch ' to ' pitch ' (which is the slang for the place of performance)."-Illust. London News , Dec. 29, 1855, p. 720. 8. In cricket, the ground between the wickets. *9. A state, a condition, a pa . "Now Bocchus -North: Plutarch, p. 387. brought himself to that pitch." *10. A net, a toil. ( Dryden : Virgil; Georgic iii. 572.) II. Technically : 1. Arch .: The rise or versed sine of an arch. 2. Carp .: The inclination of a roof. The common pitch has a rafter three-quarters the length of the IMG:content-1140.png:[blocks in formation]