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; Earquet; an area into which cocks, dogs, etc., are rought to fight. — v. To indent; to mark with little hollows, as by variolous pustules; to set in antagonism to; to provoke to combat, as cocks in a pit. [AS. pyt, L. puteus, a pit, well; pern. L. put us, punvs, pure (water).] — Pif-coal, n. Mineral coal; coal dug from the earth. — Pitfall, n. A pit slightly covered, to catch wild beasts, etc.; a snare; trap. — Pit'man, n.; -men. One who works in a Dit, esp. in sawing timber; the connecting rod in a saw-mill. — Pit's aw, n. A large saw worked vertically by 2 men, one of whom stands in a pit.