Available Definitions:
1) a. - Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit , v. t., 2.
2) v. t. - Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
3) 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.
4) n. - A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
5) n. - Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
6) n. - A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
7) n. - A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
8) n. - The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
9) n. - See Pit of the stomach (below).
10) n. - The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
11) n. - 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.
12) n. - An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
13) n. - The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
14) n. - A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
15) v. t. - To place or put into a pit or hole.
16) v. t. - To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
17) v. t. - To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.