Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PITCH
PITCH, n.2 [from the root of pike, peak, W. pig. See the Verb.]
- Literally, a point; hence, any point or degree of elevation; as, a high pitch; lowest pitch. How high a pitch his resolution soars. – Shak. Alcibiades was one of the best orators of his age, notwithstanding he lived when learning was at its highest pitch. – Addison.
- Highest rise. – Shak.
- Size; stature. So like in person, garb and pitch. – Hudibras.
- Degree; rate. No pitch of glory from the grave is free. – Waller.
- The point where a declivity begins, or the declivity itself; descent; slope; as, the pitch of a hill.
- The degree of descent or declivity.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- Degree of elevation of the key-note of a tune, or of any note.
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