pitch

«pitch» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: set up; degree, level — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

set up; degree, level

part of speech

noun and verb

meaning for a pupil

In the Torah "pitch" means to set up a tent or camp; in the fairy tale it means a high degree, as in "to the highest pitch". tree →

how it differs from today

Today "pitch" as a verb means to throw or set up a tent, and as a noun a sports field or sound level; the old sense (set up camp, or degree) is used here.

examples

• The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →
• The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward; (Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

pitch

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 87 (Torah 17, tales 70, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 3.3 (Torah alone 13.2); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.
• The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;
• The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;
• And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
• And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pitch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.