Definition of pith

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Pith (v. t.) 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..

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Loculous :: Loculous (a.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed..
Objective :: Objective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective..
Heart :: Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish h
Electroscope :: Electroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like..
Mona :: Mona (n.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches..
Apophthegm :: Apophthegm (n.) A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim..
Pith :: Pith (n.) Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith..
Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..
Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human..
Epithumetical :: Epithumetical (a.) Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual.
Gale-opithecus :: Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo..
Mesothelium :: Mesothelium (n.) Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum..
Epithema :: Epithema (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Matter :: Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
Pithsome :: Pithsome (a.) Pithy; robust.
Medulla :: Medulla (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence..
Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The spinal cord; the marrow.
Triune :: Triune (a.) Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.
Epithelioid :: Epithelioid (a.) Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells..
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