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pit

1. pit \'pit\ n [ME, fr. OE pytt; akin to OHG pfuzzi well] 1a: a hole, 
   shaft, or cavity in the ground  1b: an area often sunken or depressed below 
   the adjacent floor area : as  1b1: an enclosure in which animals are made 
   to fight each other  1b2: a space at the front of a theater for the 
   orchestra  1b3: an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which 
   members do tr ading 2: HELL - used with the  3: a hollow or indentation 
   esp. in the surface of an organism : as  3a: a natural hollow in the 
   surface of the body  3b: one of the indented scars left in the skin by a 
   pustular disease : MPOCKMARK 3c: a minute depression in the secondary wall 
   of a plant cell functioning i n the intercellular movement of water and 
   dissolved material
2. pit vb or pit.ted;  or pit.ting 1a: to place, cast, bury, or store in a 
   pit  1b: to make pits in; esp : to scar or mark with pits  2a: to set (as 
   gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight  2b: to set into opposition or 
   rivalry : OPPOSE  : to become marked with pits; esp : to preserve for a 
   time an ind entation made by pressure
3. pit n [D, fr. MD - more at PITH] : the stone of a drupaceous fruit 
4. pit vt or pit.ted;  or pit.ting : to remove the pit from