Definition of pit

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Pit (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit..

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Unpitied :: Unpitied (a.) Not pitied.
Cacajao :: Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).
Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..
Hospitium :: Hospitium (n.) An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
Capital :: Capital (n.) Of or pertaining to the head.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone..
Splanchnapophyses :: Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits..
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..
Homoiothermal :: Homoiothermal (a.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium..
Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen..
Pit :: Pit (n.) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc..
Precipitated :: Precipitated (imp. & p. p.) of Precipitat.
Chivy :: Chivy (v. t.) To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Cespititious :: Cespititious (a.) Same as Cespitious.
Partenope :: Partenope (n.) One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, descovered by M. de Gasparis in 1850..
Precipitious :: Precipitious (a.) Precipitous.
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
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