The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
Material used for cloth selvage.
A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
A tilt to a building.
The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
To create or recite a list.
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
To plough and plant with a lister.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
To place in listings.
To listen to.
To listen.
To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
To tilt to one side.
The field of battle.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The angle at which an object sits.
The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The act of pitching a baseball.
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Pitchstone.
An effort to sell or promote something.
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
A person's or animal's height.
Prominence; importance.
To fix or set the tone of.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
To throw away; discard.
To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
To set or fix.
To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
To cover or smear with pitch.
To throw.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
To assemble or erect (a tent).
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
To bounce on the playing surface.
To settle and build up, without melting.
To discard for some gain.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To fix one's choice.
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
To produce a note of a given pitch.
To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.