UNDERPITCH

Etymology

Verb

underpitch (third-person singular simple present underpitches, present participle underpitching, simple past and past participle underpight or underpitched)

(obsolete) To fill underneath; to stuff.

Source: Wiktionary


Un`der*pitch", v. t. [imp. Underpight.] Etym: [OE. underpicchen. See Under, and Pitch to throw, fix.]

Definition: To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

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