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Pit
·noun ·see Pit of the stomach (below).
II. Pit ·vt To place or put into a pit or hole.
III. Pit ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pit
A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pit
1) A watch fob. He drew a rare thimble from the swell's pit. He took a handsome watch from the gentl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pit
(Dutch, pit, a kernel.) The kernel or nut of fruit; as, a cherry-pit. Peculiar to New York.
You put...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pit
In the dockyards. See saw-pit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Pan
Pān, Pānŏs (acc. Pāna), m., I = Πάν, Pan , the god of the woods and of shepherds , the son of Mer...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Pan
Pān Pānos, acc.Pāna, m , Πάν, Pan, son of Mercury, god of woods and shepherds, often represented as...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Pan
·noun A part; a portion.
II. Pan ·noun A leaf of gold or silver.
III. Pan ·noun A recess, or bed, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pan-
·- ·Alt. of Panto-.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pan
A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pan
or Pan-wash, Pan-out, Pan-off
verbs, to wash the dirt in the panfor gold. Some of the forms, certai...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pan
to pan, to close, join together, or agree. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pan
In fire-arms, is a small iron cavity of the old flint lock, adjacent to the touch-hole of the barrel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pan
Of the six words so rendered in the Authorized Version, two seem to imply a shallow pan or plate, su...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cyclone pit
·add. ·- A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pit-hole
·noun A pit; a pockmark.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bottomless pit
The monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ash-pit
A receptacle for ashes before the fire-bars in a steamer, or under them in most fire-places.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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pit-powder
That made with charcoal which has been burned in pits, not in cylinders.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rifle-pit
Cover hastily thrown up by one or two skirmishers, but contributing, when a line of them is joined t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pan-American
·adj Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pan-Americanism
·add. ·noun The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pan-Anglican
·adj Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shwan-pan
·noun ·see Schwan-pan.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ish-pan
hid; broken in two
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Frying-pan
(Heb. marhesheth, a "boiler"), a pot for boiling meat (Lev. 2:7; 7:9).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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slater's pan
The gaol at Kingston in Jamaica: Slater is the deputy Provost-marshal.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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warming-pan
A large old-fashioned watch. A Scotch warming-pan; a female bedfellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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clay-pan
n.
name given, especially in the dryinterior of Australia, to a slight depression of the groundvary...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Pan-American Congress
·add. ·- Any of several meetings of delegates from various American states; ·esp.: (a) One held in 1...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Frying Pan Alley
West out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Frying Pan Yard
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Hatton, 1708).
Rebuilt in the 18th cent...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cat in pan
To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch warming pan
A wench; also a fart.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Crooked Frying Pan Alley
In Wood Street, Cheapside (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Straight Frying Pan Alley
In Great Wood Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
The Sailor's Word-Book