PIGHT

Verb

pight

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pitch

Tight-footed for the deed !

Source: Wiktionary


Pight, imp. & p. p. of Pitch, to throw; -- used also adjectively.

Definition: Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.] [His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer. I found him pight to do it. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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