Greek pitch

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Greek pitch

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Calque of Latin pix Graeca.

noun

uncountable Synonym 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.”
Similar: rosin

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@misc{greek_pitch_2026,
  title = {Greek pitch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/greek%20pitch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}