'Canada pitch' definitions:

Definition of 'Canada pitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]