pight

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pight

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of pitch
    • 1513, Henry Bradshaw, Life of Saint Werburge, page 174:
      The duke of Normandy / William conquerour / Pight a stronge batell / displayed his baner,  []
    • 1634, Robert Southwell, New Heaven, New War:
      My soul, with Christ join thou in fight;
      Stick to the tents that He hath pight;
    • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act V, scene V, verses 163-165:
      I will
      When I have finish’d it — now! now! I’m pight,
      Tight-footed for the deed !