PITCH

Ge 6:14 Ex 2:3, translated "slime" in Ge 11:3 14:10, is properly bitumen or asphaltum, anciently found on and near the Dead Sea, which was hence called the lake Asphaltities. It abounded in the vicinity of Babylon, and was used as fuel. The ark of Noah and that of Moses were rendered waterproof by it; and the bricks of the tower of Babel were cemented with it. It is commonly found in a solid state; but being liquefied by heat, and used as a mortar, it becomes as hard as the rocks it cements together. It is still thrown up by earthquakes from the bottom of the Dead Sea, and floats to the shore sometimes in large masses. See SEA 3.

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Pitch. Pitch
(Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called “slime” (Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3), found in pits near the Dead Sea (q.v.). It was used for various purposes, as the coating of the outside of vessels and in building. Allusion is made in Isa. 34:9 to its inflammable character. (See SLIME.)

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PITCH. → (Something like tar) → An opaque mineral used as a plaster and cement Isa 34:9 → Used by Noah, in the ark (ship) Ge 6:14 → In making the basket in which Moses was hidden Ex 2:3 → See BITUMEN

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Ge 6:14; Ex 2:3; Isa 34:9

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pitch. Pitch, n. a kind of resin, size, height, rate, bar

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Pitch (?), n. [[OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. �.]] 1. 1. 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.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. 2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone.
Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri. — Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy. — Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum. — Jew's pitch, bitumen. — Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt. — Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal. — Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. — Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America.