Definition of pit

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Pit (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..

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Diana :: Diana (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis..
Misy :: Misy (n.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.
Fovea :: Fovea (n.) A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
Propitious :: Propitious (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze..
Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) Scattered or ejected spittle.
Bicipital :: Bicipital (a.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree..
Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky..
Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Underpight :: Underpight () imp. of Underpitch.
Welldrain :: Welldrain (v. t.) To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery..
Malignity :: Malignity (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..
Pitchwork :: Pitchwork (n.) The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
Saki :: Saki (n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile..
Hasten :: Hasten (v. t.) To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
Friendly :: Friendly (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale..
Milch :: Milch (a.) Tender; pitiful; weeping.
Capitular :: Capitular (a.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum..
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