Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pitching}.] [See {Pitch}, n.]
1. To cover over or smear with pitch. --Gen. vi. 14.
2. Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
The welkin pitched with sullen could. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitched
adj 1: (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a
combining form: "high-pitched"
2: set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof"
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