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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Kahau :: Kahau (n.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey..
Amplification :: Amplification (n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject..
Epithalamiums :: Epithalamiums (pl. ) of Epithalamiu.
Pithiness :: Pithiness (n.) The quality or state of being pithy.
Two-handed :: Two-handed (a.) Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful..
Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person..
Multiseptate :: Multiseptate (a.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed..
Pigmented :: Pigmented (a.) Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules..
Thunderer :: Thunderer (n.) One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter..
Epithelioid :: Epithelioid (a.) Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
Epitheca :: Epitheca (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals..
Talapoin :: Talapoin (n.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine..
Medullin :: Medullin (n.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose..
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
Squamaceous :: Squama (n.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod..
Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form..
Propithecus :: Propithecus (n.) A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris..
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