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Definition of pit

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Pit (n.) 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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Lean-to :: Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.

Agnomen :: Agnomen (n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just..

Epitithides :: Epitithides (n.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery..

Thurl :: Thurl (n.) A long adit in a coalpit.

Mot :: Mot (n.) A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.

Pitman :: Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc..

Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

Darlingtonia :: Darlingtonia (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves..

Lipochrin :: Lipochrin (n.) A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs..

Cespitine :: Cespitine (n.) An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series..

Punctated :: Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits..

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights..

Pith :: Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..

Condense :: Condense (v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize..

Spit-venom :: Spittoon (n.) A spitbox; a cuspidor.

Leg :: Leg (n.) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg..

Spitted :: Spit (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Stag :: Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti..