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Jew's pitch | Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. [1913 Webster] {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America. [1913 Webster] |
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