n.a hole in the
ground that contains a
solution of lime, a white substance
having a strong
capacity for corroding or "eating" vegetable and
animal substances. Because of its strong
action in eating or corroding such substances, it is sometimes called quicklime and has been used to remove hair from
animal hides (by soaking the hides in the pit), to
destroy refuse and to consume
dead bodies in burial
pits.