pich

American  

[pich] / pɪtʃ /

noun

1. a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white or pink night-blooming flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of pich

First recorded in 1790–95; from Latin American Spanish

Example Sentences

He'd got to that pich that he didn't mind injaries—they were all fair play to him—he gave 'em, and reseav'd them, without a thought of mallis.

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Se deð his wille mast he sal habbe werest mede His bað sal be wallinde pich his bed barnende glede.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Pitch, pich, n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.—v.t. to smear with pitch.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Se deð his wille mast he sal habbe werest mede His bað sal be wallinde pich his bed barnende glede.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph