Pitted
['pɪtɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pit
(a.) Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2.
(v. t.) Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
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Examples
- It appeared to have become a perfect passion with Mrs Flintwinch, that the only son should be pitted against them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She is twenty-nine; her face is much pitted with the small-pox. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I felt that fate had pitted me against this man, and one of us must fall. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He then bared his legs and arms, and they were literally pitted with scars, due to the use of hypodermic syringes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Against the long canines of the ape was pitted the thin blade of the man's knife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There are men pitted against men, and against beasts for the edification of Issus and the replenishment of her larder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I am not fit to be pitted against you to-night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She had a broad sallow face, slightly pitted with small-pox, and thin straw-coloured hair through which her scalp shone unpleasantly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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