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Indian pitch
Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a resinous substance exuded from certain evergreen trees, especially the spruce, as used for waterproofing the seams of birchbark canoes.
Quotations
1785
The craft were obliged to be tarred all over for want of paint Oil which has quite exhausted our pitch and Tar notwithstanding I got near 1 Cwt. of Indian pitch from the Natives to eke it out with.