(baseball) An official scoring play in which a batter is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result. The batter is referred to as a hit batsman.

(military) A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense fight. / (idiomatic, by extension) An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation.

The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. / Copper so reduced; called also tough-cake.

plural of pitch pine

Pinus rigida, of the eastern US. / Pinus palustris (longleaf pine) / Pinus caribaea (Caribbean pine)

mineral tar, a kind of asphalt

A black homogeneous peat with a waxy lustre.

The resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies canadensis, now Picea glauca); hemlock gum.

bituminous coal

Intense darkness with no light whatsoever.