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nounGreek pitch (uncountable)
- uncountableSynonym of rosin.
He observed, he says, “that the pine and cypress of which it was built had lasted most remarkably. On the outside it was built with double planks, daubed over with Greek pitch, caulked with linen rags, and over all a sheet of lead, fastened on with little copper nails.”
c. 1900, W. H. G. Kingston, How Britannia Came to Rule the WavesSynonyms: rosin
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nounSynonym of rosin.
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Greek pitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pitch
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“Greek pitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pitch. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greek pitch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greek%20pitch.
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