pitting noun. ['pɪtɪŋ] M17.
[from PIT verb¹ + -ING¹.]
1. A pit or small depression in a surface, as on the skin by smallpox, on metal by corrosion, etc.; a series or mass of such depressions or spots. M17.

2. The action of PIT verb¹; spec. (a) the digging of a pit or pits; (b) the formation of a pit by soil subsidence; (c) the action of setting cocks to fight, dogs to kill rats, etc., in a pit for sport; (d) the action of putting something into a pit, or of storing vegetables etc. in pits; (e) Medicine the formation of a temporary impression in soft tissue when pressed with a finger, as in fluid oedema; (f) Botany the formation of pits on the wall of a cell or vessel. M18.
b. = pit-planting s.v. PIT noun¹. M19.

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