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Pit-river

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  [pit] /pɪt/ noun 1. a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground: pits caused by erosion; clay pits. 2. a covered or concealed excavation in the ground, serving as a trap. 3. Mining. 4. the abode of evil spirits and lost souls; hell: an evil inspiration from the pit. 5. the pits, […]

• Pit-sample

  noun, Metallurgy. 1. a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.

• Pitsaw

  [pit-saw] /ˈpɪtˌsɔ/ noun 1. a two-handed used in . /ˈpɪtˌsɔː/ noun 1. a large saw formerly used for cutting logs into planks, operated by two men, one standing on top of the log and the other in a pit underneath it

• Pit-sawing

  noun 1. a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.

• Pit-sawn

  adjective 1. (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit

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