pa. t. and pa. pple. Obs. [UNDER-1 4 a: see PITCH v.1] Supported from below; propped up. Also fig.

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c. 1375.  Cursor M., 7495 (Fairf.). Here-til þou art ful ȝing: ȝone mon wiþ strenght is vnder-piȝt and þou lered neuer atte fiȝt.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XVI. 23. Pieres … bad me toten on þe trec…. With þre pyles was it vnder-piȝte I perceyued it sone.

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14[?].  Lydgate, in MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 (Halliwell). And undirpyȝte this mancyoun ryalle, With seven pileris.

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1549.  Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. Rom., 11. Nor yet repent we our glory, with hope wherof we for this present tyme are aduaunced & vnderpyght. Ibid., Gal. 12. By the obseruaunce of this lawe then were menne so long stayed and vnderpyght.

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