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Show P a TT 2. Havin whole afternoon 4. To {mear with Pirca from the noun. Th Trojans moun waves ‘With'ftars unnumber'd Some pirch the ends of the timber in the walls to preferve them from the mortar Moxon 1 pitch'd over the convex very thinly, by dropping melted pitch upon it, and warming it to kee Pr'rcoaLr. n / the pitch foft, whilft T ground it with the concav Pi'rman copper wetted to make it fpread evenly all over th convex Neawton's Opticks 6. To pave o PrrcH. v. 2 1. To light; to drop Wit 2. To fall headlong The courfer o'er the pommel caft the knight Forward he flew and pitching on his head The covetous man was a good while at a ftand but he came however by degrees to pirch upon on thing after another L'Eftrange Pitch upon the beft courfe of life, and cufto will render it the moft eafy Tillotfon 1 tranflated Chaucer, and amongft the reft pitche on the wife of Bath's tale Dryden 4. To fix a tent or temporary habitation They pitched by Emmaus in the plain Pircuer. n. /0 [picher, French. 1. An earthen veflel ; a water pot 1 Mac Spenfer Pitchers have ears, and I have many fervants Befides old Gremio is hearkening Shakefpeare We read of kings, and gods, that kindly too A pitcher fill'd with water from the brook. Carezv Pyreicus was only famous for counterfeiting al bafe things ; as earthen pitchers and a feullery Pcacham on Drawing Hylas may drop his pitcher, none will cry Not if he drown him{elf Dryden 2. An inftrament to pierce the groun in which any thing is to be fixed To the hills poles muft be fet deep in the ground with a fquare ivon pitcher or crow Mortimer Pir'rcuFork. m. fo [pitch and fork. fork with which com is thrown vpo An old lord in Leicefterthire amufed himfelf wit mending pitchforks and fpades for his tenants gratis Savift Prrcriness. #. /. [from pitchy.] BlackPi'rcux. adj. [from pitch, 1. Smeared with pitch 6. The quinteflence; the chiépf part below in th Ev'n on the pith of life Prruivry ftrength That drops his faplefs branches to the ground. Shak 2. Wanting energy; wanting force Pi'ruy. adj. [from pith. 1. Confifting of pith pith T" approach the quince, and th® elder's pithy ftemt Philips 2. Strong Piteous amends | unlef Be meant our grand foe Milton's Paradife Loff In I muft begin with rudiments of art More pleafant, githy, and effectual Than hath been taught by any and maffacres #. /. [from piteous. fall Poor bird | thoud'#t never fear the net nor lime vitfall nor the gin Shakefpeare's Macketh eves dig concealed pitfalls in his way. Sandys Thefe hidden pitfalls were fet thick at the en trance of the bridge into them PITH fo that throngs of people fel Addifon =. /. [pitte;, Dutch. I. The marrow of the plant; the foft par in the midft of the wood Ifa cion, fit to be fet in the ground, hath th pith finely taken forth, and not altogether, bu fome of it left, it will bear a fruit with little or n core Bacon's Natural Hiffory Her {olid bones convert to folid wood 2. Marrow As doth the pith, which left our bodies flack Strings faft the little bones of neck and back So by the foul doth death ftring heav'n and earth Donre The vertebres are all perforated in the middle with a large hole for the fpinal marxow or pith t pafs along Ray Hudibras The worth of aftrologic learning This pithy fpeech prevail'd, and all agreed. Dryd Sor unexpetedly Shake[peare Many rare pithy faws concernin Shake/p Pirrarr. n. /i [pit and fall. pl dug and covered, into which a paflenge Spenfer They 'gan abftain piteous manner Prreous~gss forcible; energetick Yet the with pithy words, and counfel fad Still ftrove their fudden rages to revoke That at the laft, fupprefling fury mad 3. Wretched ; paltry; pitiful Ruthful to hear, yet pireoufly perform'd abounding wit The pithy fibres brace and ftitch together th ligneous in a plant Greaw''s Cofmal The Herefordian plant that like of thy joy cheerful to arife mournful fwain Prior of his cafe Pope's Dunciad rapes Spenfer And pithlefs arms, like to a wither'd vin Compaflionate ; tender I muft talk of murthers Weak fhoulders over-born with burthening grief Which when Deucalion with a pizeous loo Beheld, he wept Dryden [from piteous. W Pr'ruress. adj. [from pith. 1. Wanting pith ; wanting ftrength That ever yet this land was guilty of. Shakefpeare adv pithy. lovely The moft arch deed of piteous maffacre Pi'teovsLy [fro No lefs deferveth his wittinefs in devifing, hi fithingfs in uttering, his complaint of love, f When they heard that piteous ftrained voice In hafte forfook their rural merriment Spenfer If the ferie Permit one thought lef Piteous transfer it to th She gave him, piteou A fhaggy tap'ftry adv Shakefpeare's Hamlyp ftrength; with cogency ; with force Pr'ruinEess. # /. [from pithy.] Energy Pr'reous. adj. [from pizy. 1. Sorrowful ; mournful; exciting pity 2 The owner of a foul difeafe To keep it from divulging, lets it fee but is alfo for fmal Moxon Ta pith her marrow, and to fap her blood. Dryden the waggon nefs ; darknefs He tha rowfulnels ; tendernefs With fuddain fear her pitcher down fhe threw " And fled away With this regard their currents turn aw And lofe the name of ation. Shakefpeare's Ha The pitfaw is not only ufed by thofe workme We think 'tis no great matter which They're all alike, yet we fhall pirc On one that fits our purpofe Hudibras 's my pith of bufine}f)s ¥ "Twixt you and your poor brother Shakefpears Enterprizes of great pirh and moment Pirsaw. 2./. [ pit and faw. The larg faw ufed by two men, of whom one i in the pit with #pon A free agent will pitch upon fuch a part in hi choice, with knowledge certain. More's Divine Dial I pitched upon this confideration, that parent owe their children, not only material fubfience but much more fpiritual contribution to their mind Digby on the Soul Foflil the pitfaw they enter the one end of th that faw timber and boards matters ufed by joiners grandfire 5. Weight; moment; principal part Tha him : the topman obferving to guide the fa exaltly, and the pitman drawing it with all hi ftrength perpendicularly down DMoxon He quiver'd with his feet, and lay for dead. Dryd 3. To fix choice work wit 4. Energy; cogency; fulnefs o fin{{ ment ; clofenefs and vigou of though and flile ftuff, the topman at the top, and the pitman unde Addifon ‘When the fwarm is fettled, take a branch o the tree whereon they pitch, and wipe the hiv clean DMortimer #./. [pit and man. in fawing timbe pit Shakefp Ainfworth coal. e }I;eave zcr)ur England Shakefpears Prior [pit an Or pafs'd, or ngt arriv'd éo;?z:e:r'l da::if?":i Women szak year feye ha Since thefe arms of min The beft fuel is peat, the next charcoal made o Mortimer's Hufbandry pitcoal or cinders The air hath ftarv'd the rofes in her cheeks Soon ke foun The welkin pirch'd with fullen cloud uarde coal 5. To darken And pitch'd the lily tinure of her face Nightis fled Whofe pitchy mantle over-veil''d the earth. Shakefp 1 will fort a pitchy day for thee Shakz[peare Pitchy and dark the night fometimes appears Friend to our woe, and parent of our fears Our joy and wonder fometimes fhe excites born on th And the pizch'd vefiels glide with eafy force. Dryd all your pith 3. Black; dark; difmal [pico, Latin their fhips the qualities of pitch Native petroleum, found floating upon fom fprings, is no other than this very pirchy fubftance drawn forth of the ftrata by the water. #oodward Spectator force Pithin Scotland ftill retained as denoting fireng‘h é h corporeal or intellettual ; as, tha‘t dtfie Now yield ; and now a yawning breach difplay. Dry 3. To throw headlong; to caft forward They'll not pitch me i' th' mire Shake[peare's Tempeft Unlefs he bid "em They would wreftle, and pitch the bar for 3. Strengt The planks, their pirchy cov'rings wafh'd away pitch a field, fhould fpeak of moderation and fobriety in diet Haoker One pitched battle would determine the fate o Addifon on the War the Spanith continent P 1M In all thefe, Goodman Faét was very fhort, bl‘l pitky ; for he was a plain home-fpun man. Addf PrT1ABLE. adj. [ pitoyable, French; fro Deferving pity pity. "The pitiable perfons relieved, are conftantly unde /_It{e(burj your eye PrTIABLENESS . / [from pitiabl. State of deferving pity lec‘ unwx an nc or ig hi o ef le ia pi th Fo miftake, fo long as they lafted, his neglect therc;) Kettleveli may be excufed and connived at PUTiruL. adj. [pity and full. 1. Melancholy ; moving comp Ofl-d eam o n gm ju e er de no ha wh e So have been for their good's fake caught u hin indee gh bo th t carried ftraigh vey . 1 iflflf pitiful and horrible A fight moft pitiful in the meaneft Wfft‘ 'Lflf Shakg/ps Kit Paft fpeaking of in a king Strangely vifited pe})ple» €y All fwoln and ulc'rous, pitiful to th The mere defpair of furgeryl, he cv.u'es-w é;b‘"j;" ren in pl co fu pit Will he hi 'g ‘f ?. fu g gu la ict aff wi ed fr Fo Rep 'inar app wil thi o c ie ve co Th fider wha a pitiful condition we had bee z. Tender compallionate Woul |