Burgundy pitch

noun

A yellowish-brown resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. It was formerly used in medicinal plasters.

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Meanings

nounBurgundy pitch (usually uncountable, plural Burgundy pitches)

plural Burgundy pitches

  1. historicalobsoleteuncountableusuallyA yellowish-brown resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. It was formerly used in medicinal plasters.
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Burgundy pitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burgundy%20pitch

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Chicago

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