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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010Hiassen: pitching heart
Hello: "pitching heart" does it mean covered by pitch? "Blackening?" I read it in context as "distressed heart," but ... ---- [Stranahan had expected to find Joey inside the van] Peering through the tinted glass, Stranahan realized with a pitching heart that the Suburban was empty. Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 149 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Peering through the tinted glass, Stranahan realized with a pitching > heart that the Suburban was empty. No, it's the other verb "pitch" in OED sense 14 b: "Of a ship: to plunge downwards at the bow into the trough of the sea. Hence also: to rise and fall alternately at bow and stern; to progress in this manner."  SignatureJames > > "pitching heart" does it mean covered by pitch? "Blackening?" > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Hence also: to rise and fall alternately at bow and stern; to progress > in this manner." Oh, yeah, I know that one, didn't make the connection. Thanks. Marius Hancu |
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