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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pitche, n.2 [e.m.E. piche ( ? a 1500) pitch, act of pitching, highest point, height, etc., in this sense (1590).] The highest point to which anything rises. —c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxiv. 9.
The pregnant spreittis ȝit of the leirnit hes fund By age, by tyme, & lang experience, Thair pitche, thair powir, and inflwence
