pitch (n.) Old form(s): Pytch
black tar-like substance [used to waterproof planks, etc; often, a symbol of defilement]
1H4 II.iv.405[Falstaff (as King) to Prince Hal] There is a thing ... known to many in our land by the name of pitch
2H6 II.i.191[Gloucester to Queen, of the Duchess] if she have ... conversed with such / As, like to pitch, defile nobility
LLL IV.iii.3[Berowne alone, probably of Rosaline's eyes] I am toiling in a pitch
Oth II.iii.350[Iago alone, of Desdemona] So will I turn her virtue into pitch [i.e. vice]
Tem I.ii.3[Miranda to Prospero] The sky it seems would pour down stinking pitch
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