Middle English Dictionary Entry
piching(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | piching(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The application of pitch.
Associated quotations
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.177/1156 : For botmynge of j tubbe with bordes, and pytchynge of þe Forseide Fattes and tubbes..ij d.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)117a/a : Þer oweþ..for to go afore þe picching [Ch.(2): pycchynge; L piceatione] frotyng and fomentacioun & smytyng with litel ȝerdes vnto þe flesh..be raised up.
- 1436 *Acc.Exch.K.R.53/5.lf.12d [OD col.] : Johanni Rede et Henrico Cagent pro pychynge eiusdem Ballingere Regis.