† bepitchv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cover or stain with pitch; also figurative.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)]
blackc1350
blecka1382
blacken?a1425
bletch1570
bepitch1574
blatch1587
becollier1599
sable1610
bleach1611
bleak1611
sableize1611
denigrate1623
nigrify1656
ebonize1880
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > soil with specific substances
pitcheOE
be-ash1530
bepitch1574
grease1615
besnuff1728
melvie1786
guggle1866
1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury To Rdr. E vij b Who liued in those pitchie tymes, and was not bepitched?
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 403 When th' ayre with mid-night shal your Noon be-pitch.
Derivatives
beˈpitching n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [noun] > tarring > a coating with pitch
pitching1400
bepitching1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Poixement, a pitching, or bepitching. Poissard, pitchie, bepitched.
beˈpitched adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [adjective] > of the nature of bitumen or pitch > full of or covered with
pitchy?a1425
pitched?1440
tarrya1585
bepitched1611
bituminated1628
bituminous1658
bituminized1816
1611 [see bepitching n.].
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