单词 | stone-pitch |
释义 | stone-pitchn. ? Obsolete. 1. Pitch in the solid form; hard or dry pitch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > pitch pitcheOE stone-pitchc1450 c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 174 Spaynysche code & stanpicche. [Harl. MS. 1600 half a pond of stanpiche.] 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 493 Stone or drie Pitch, hath the vertues of Tarre or liquid Pitch, but not so strong. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 411 Plankes of oke with nailes driven into them, cemented with stone-pitch. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 236 Bitumen..Stone-Pitch. 2. (Meaning obscure.) ΚΠ 1589 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 225 Supper eodem. A shoulder of mutton..Bred & beare..Stone pytche. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450 |
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