Pit

pit, n. A large, deep hole in the ground; a well; an aby ; esp., the bottomle pit: hell; the grave: an indenture in the flesh, as the hollow under the arm, hollow of the stomach, or the indentation left on the flesh by a pustule of the small-pox; the lowest place in a theater where spectators a emble; parquet; an area into which cocks, dogs, etc., are brought to fight. — i\ t. To indent; to mark with little hollows, as by variolous pustules; to set in antagonism to; to provoke to combat, as cocks in pit.