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A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. |
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A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation |
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The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. |
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A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. |
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A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. |
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Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. |
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A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. |
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A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body |
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The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. |
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See Pit of the stomach (below). |
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The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. |
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Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. |
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An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. |
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The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. |
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A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. |
| Pit |
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To place or put into a pit or hole. |
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To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox. |
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To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another. |
