PITCHED. A word formerly used for stepped, as of a mast, and also for thrown.
PITCH-HOUSE. A place set apart for the boiling of pitch for the seams and bottoms of vessels.
PITCH IN, To. To set to work earnestly; to beat a person violently. (A colloquialism.)
PITCHING. The plunging of a ship's head in a sea-way; the vertical vibration which her length makes about her centre of gravity; a very straining motion.
PITCH-KETTLE. That in which the pitch is heated, or in which it is carried from the pitch-pot.
PITCH-LADLE. Is used for paying decks and horizontal work.
PITCH-MOP. The implement with which the hot pitch is laid on to ships' sides and perpendicular work.
PITCH-PINE. Pinus resinosa, commonly called Norway or red pine. (See [Pine].)
PITH. Well known as the medullary part of the stem of a plant; but figuratively, it is used to express strength and courage.
PIT-PAN. A flat-bottomed, trough-like canoe, used in the Spanish Main and in the West Indies.