PIT (2)

pit (2). Pit, v. to sink in hollows, dint, challenge, set

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Pit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pitting.] 1. 1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave. T. Grander. 2. 2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
3. 3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.