Pitting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pitting
    n 1: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence
         of corrosion [syn: {pitting}, {roughness}, {indentation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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