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Webster 1913 Edition
Pitchy
1.
Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.
2.
Smeared with pitch.
3.
Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
“Pitchy night.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pitchy
PITCH'Y
,Adj.
1.
Smeared with pitch.2.
Black; dark; dismal; as the pitchy mantle of night.