reach (?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen at MST.EDU
Thu Nov 4 22:08:10 UTC 2010
Could it be "(roof) pitch"?
Gerald Cohen
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George Thompson wrote, Thu 11/4/2010 4:24 PM
Subject: reach (?)
I don't see anything in OED that explains this:
The 26th Instant, the Light House at Sandy-Hook was struck by Lightning, and twenty Panes of the Glass Lanthorn broke to Pieces; the Chimney and Peach [sic] belonging to the Kitchen, was broke down, and some People that were in the House received a little Hurt, but are since recovered. 'Tis said the Gust was attended with a heavy Shower of Hail.
New-York Mercury, June 30, 1766, p. 2, col. 3
GAT
George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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