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Keywords: Incline, Slope, Rise, Roof, Angle
A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
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To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
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A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
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A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
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To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
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The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
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the rise and fall of the voice when speaking. See tone; intonation. the perception of the tonal level of sound ranging from high to low depending on the frequency of sound waves.
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The property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it highness or lowness of sound.
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That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
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The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
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The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
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The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch.
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The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
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Rotation of an aircraft about its lateral axis.
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An angular deviation possible in positioning systems, in which the tables' leading edge rises or falls as the table translates along its direction of travel. This represents rotation around a horizontal axis, perpendicular to the direction of travel.
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The motion of a plane as its nose moves up or down
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A short, high shot that lands with backspin.
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An approach shot to the green. The player does not use a full swing during a pitch shot. This shot is shorter than a normal swing, but longer than a chip shot.
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The pitch shot is one that goes high and does not roll very far when it lands. It is needed to play over bunkers close to the green - and to get out of the bunkers if you don't get over them.
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(aka: "pitch shot") a relatively short, lofted shot designed to land softly and not roll much (differs from a chip in its trajectory and amount of roll). Example: "Johnny pitched the ball over the sand trap and left the ball only 3 feet from the hole."
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Keywords: Belay, Climb, Steeper, Topo, Section
A sudden drop in, or a steeper section of, a set of rapids.
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A section of a rapid steeper than the Surrounding portions; a drop.
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a section of a climb, usually no more than the length of a standard climbing rope (165 feet)
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A section of climb between two belays and no longer than the length of one rope (this used to mean 45m, nowadays pitches can also be 50 or even 60m long -- check your topo).
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The traditional name for the soccer field.
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The field of play.
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An English term for a soccer field.
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A playing field for sports, as in the "Football pitch."
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To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
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A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
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To loosen the reins abruptly and completely, or to toss a rope.
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A lateral or backwards one-handed pass (cf. toss) Alakautta syöttö (Pinomaa) Sivusyöttö (Arolainen) "Pitsi"
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Keywords: Story, Told, Brief, Entice, Idea
The act of relaying a project conversationally, to a prospective representative or buyer, for the purpose of marketing an idea, adaptation, or true story with a view toward its eventual production as a film.
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to verbally/orally describe the story of a script or idea.
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A briefing, either formal or informal. [D03668] DSMC
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A brief talk in which members may qualify and describe what they were like before OA and what they are like now. Pitches may also address a specific topic chosen by a group's leader.
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Keywords: Resin, Gummy, Exude, Pine, Pulp
Gummy resin in wood.
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Buildup or deposit left on a cutter, blade or bit after milling resinous wood.
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A resinous, gummy substance in firs and pines. This is the resin in the bag a baseball pitcher utilizes.
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a resinous material in virgin pulps
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IS TO PUT YEAST INTO THE WORT
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The act of adding yeast to wort.
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Adding yeast to cooled wort after boiling.
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To add yeast to a cooled wort.
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Keywords: Distilled, <