Archaic or dialect term meaning to put in a pit, bury in a pit, or trap in a hole.
From Old English for- (completely, into) + pit. The prefix suggested complete placement or burial, giving the sense of putting something definitively into a pit or hole.
This word survived primarily in mining and agricultural dialects where putting things 'in the pit' was technically important—it's why old regional dialects preserve these for- words better than modern standard English.
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