Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri. -- Burgundy
pitch. See under Burgundy. -- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of
the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum. -- Jew's pitch,
bitumen. -- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt. -- Pitch coal
(Min.), bituminous coal. -- Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous
peat, with a waxy luster. -- Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several
species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North
America.
Pitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pitching.] [See
Pitch, n.] 1. To cover over or smear with pitch. Gen. vi. 14.