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PIT, fossa. A hole dug in the earth, which was filled with water, and in which women thieves were drowned, instead of being hung. The punishment of the pit was formerly common in Scotland.

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Once in Mzuzu, the first two weeks were assigned to block making and testing, using earth taken from a nearby site where the university was digging a pit for a new water tank. Mutu umodzi susenza denga one head alone cannot lift a roof by Gregory, Rob / The Architectural Review More results

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