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- verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
pitch .
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Examples
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Palemon betake himself to a Wife, whereby to provide Heirs for the Family; and to further their Design, pitcht upon our Friend
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Palemon betake himself to a Wife, whereby to provide Heirs for the Family; and to further their Design, pitcht upon our Friend
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If you red the above passidge, and saw how a venrabble old genlmn took his hat, and sauntered down the Plas Vandome (looking hard and kind at all the nussary-maids — buns they call them in France — in the way), I leave you to guess who was the author of the nex scheam: a woman, suttnly, never would have pitcht on it.
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I seazed my pillar: I pitcht into it: pummld it, strangled it.
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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I seazed my pillar: I pitcht into it: pummld it, strangled it.
Burlesques 2006
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King Adelstane aduertised of his enimies arriuall, gathered his people, and with all conuenient spéed hasted towards them, and approching néerer vnto them, pitcht downe his
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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He slue in battell an earle of his countrie named Oswin, who arrearing warre against him, fought with him in a pitcht field at Eadwines
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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"The citty of London, since the refusal of Sir George Treby to be their recorder, have made choice of Mr. Sommers, of the Inner Temple, but he also refused it; then they pitcht upon Mr. Conyers, but he declined it, as also Mr. Selby." —
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Yet here ought to be considered what sort of Trading shall be pitcht upon.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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One of these parts was called the great Burrow without the wals, where the French king had pitcht his field & planted his engins.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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