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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pit(t, Pytt, v.1 [e.m.E. pitted p.p. (1487).] a. To furnish (ground) with pits. Cf. Pit(t n.1 1. b. To put into a ‘pit’ or dungeon; cf. Pit(t n.1 2. —a. 1375 Barb. xi. 388 (E).
In athir sid rycht [C. On athir syde the vay] weill braid It wes pittyt [C. pottit, H. potted] —b. 1454–5 Edinb. Chart. 81.
The persoun of the barounry of Lestalrig salbe fauorably arrestit and nouthir pittit na ill prisonyt 1456 Hay I. 237/28.
To pytt the men of kirk na prisoun thame … war bot crueltee
