PITH
\pˈɪθ], \pˈɪθ], \p_ˈɪ_θ]\
Definitions of PITH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
By Princeton University
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.
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The spongy interior substance of a feather.
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The spinal cord; the marrow.
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Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
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To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
By Oddity Software
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The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.
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The spongy interior substance of a feather.
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The spinal cord; the marrow.
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Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
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To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The marrow or soft substance in the centre of plants: force: importance: condensed substance: quintessence.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The soft, spongy tissue in the center of the stem of a plant, the shaft of a feather, or the like; essence; gist; force; vigor.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The medulla, or central portion, of a stemlike structure. It consists chiefly of soft, thin-walled cells, which become dry and light after the growing period.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Dutch] The soft, spongy substance in the centre of plants and trees;—in animals, the spinal cord; the marrow;—condensed substance; quintessence; chief part;—moment; importance;—strength; force;—cogency; concentrated vigour; close and nervous energy of thought or diction.
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