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A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.

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  1. n. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.
  2. v. i. To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.
  3. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit. To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams. [Obs.] R. Greene.
  4. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, andother stone fruit.
  5. n. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit. v. i. To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.