(pich) noun
1. A thick, viscous, dark substance obtained by boiling down tar from the residues of distilled turpentine, etc. used in coating seams.
2. Any of a class of hydrocarbon residues obtained from the refining of fats, oils, and greases: linseed pitch, cottonseed pitch, etc.
3. The resinous sap of pines.
4. Bitumen or asphaltum, especially when unrefined.
—v.t. To smear, cover, or treat with or as with pitch. [OE pic <L pix, picis pitch]

(pich) v.t.
1. To erect or set up (a tent, camp, etc.).
2. To throw or hurl; toss; fling.
3. To set the level, angle, degree, etc., of.
4. To put in a definite place or position.
5. To set in order; arrange: obsolete except in pitched battle.
6. In baseball, to deliver (the ball) to the batter.
7. Music To set the pitch or key of.
8. In card games, to determine or announce (the trump suit) by leading a card of that suit.
—v.i.
9. To fall or plunge forward or headlong.
10. To lurch.
11. To rise and fall alternately at the bow and stern, as a ship: to pitch and roll.
12. To incline downward; slope.
13. To encamp; settle.
14. To decide, especially at random: with on or upon.
15. In baseball, to deliver the ball to the batter; act as pitcher.
—to pitch in Colloq. To start vigorously.
—to pitch into To attack; assail.
—noun
1. Point or degree of elevation or depression; especially, the extreme top or bottom point; hence, the ultimate reach.
2. The degree of descent of a declivity; also, a descent, slope, or inclination to the horizon.
3. In building, the inclination of a roof.
4. Aeron. a An angular displacement about an axis parallel to the lateral axis of an aircraft. b The distance an aircraft advances along its flight path for one revolution of the propeller.
5. Mech. a The amount of advance of a screw thread in a single turn. b The distance between two corresponding points on the teeth of a gearwheel.
6. Physics The dominant frequency of a sound wave perceived by the ear, ranging from a low tone of about 20 cycles per second to a maximum high approaching 30,000 cycles.
7. Music The acuteness or gravity of all the tones of a given instrument with reference to some standard. The pitch of an instrument is expressed by the vibrations per second of some one of its notes, generally middle C, treble C, or the A between them. The high pitch, known as concert pitch, has about 450 vibrations for middle A. In 1859 acommission of French musicians and scientists determined the pitch of A′ as 435 (true C″ 522, equal temperament C″ 517) which is known as French, international, or low pitch. The present standard or philharmonic pitch has 440 vibrations for middle A.
8. In games, the act of pitching; a throw; specifically, in baseball, the delivery of the ball by the pitcher; also, the place of pitching or the distance pitched.
9. Geol. The inclination or dip of a rock stratum or vein of ore.
10. The act of dipping or plunging downward; the pitching of a ship: correlative of scend.
11. A game of cards; seven–up.
12. A location or station for a vender, on a sidewalk, etc.
13. A short, steep stretch of a mountain climb.
14. An attempt to sell or persuade: to make a pitch.
—auction pitch A variety of the game of pitch in which the privilege of pitching is sold at auction by the player entitled to it.
—full pitch In cricket, bowled to hit the wicket before touching the ground. [ME picchen; origin uncertain]