Definition of pit

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Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..

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Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
Premium :: Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital..
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..
Pit :: Pit (n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).
Rashful :: Rashful (a.) Rash; hasty; precipitate.
Sputter :: Sputter (v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech..
Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest..
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Pious; devout.
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart..
Crepitation :: Crepitation (n.) The act of crepitating or crackling.
Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
Paroccipital :: Paroccipital (a.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
Hospitalism :: Hospitalism (n.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital..
Tetrapharmacum :: Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment..
Pulpit :: Pulpit (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker..
Hospitium :: Hospitium (n.) An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
Precipitately :: Precipitately (adv.) In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
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