pith
suomi-englanti sanakirjapith englannista suomeksi
ydin
poistaa ydin
Substantiivi
pith englanniksi
(senseid) The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
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(RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World)
(RQ:Herbert Travaile)
(RQ:Grew Plants)
(RQ:Spectator)
(non-gloss definition)
The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
(sense) (synonyms)
''Chiefly of animals'': the soft tissue inside a cord; the marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
(RQ:Topsell Foure-footed Beastes) some againe, do tvvine out the pith of the backe vvith a long vvire thruſt vp into the horſſes head, and ſo into his necke and backe, vvith vvhat reaſon I knovv not.
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The soft tissue of the brain.
(RQ:More Antidote)
(RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World)|page=280|passage=The berrie Coccum Gnidium, in colour reſembleth the Scarlet graine; in quantitie a pepper corne, but that it is bigger: of an ardent and cauſticke qualitie it is, and therefore they uſe to lap it in the ſoft crum or pith of a loafe of bread, and ſo ſvvallovv it, for feare it ſhould burne the throat as it paſſeth dovvn.
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses)
The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
(RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)
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(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew) Mark'd you not hovv hir ſiſter / Began to ſcold, and raiſe vp ſuch a ſtorme, / That mortal eares might hardly indure the din.
(RQ:Galsworthy Plays)
(RQ:Bellow Humboldt's Gift) The clothesline surrendered the pith of its soul, and Kathleen's stockings, hung at the wide end, now suggested lust.
(RQ:Ascham Toxophilus) above mans ſtrengthe: if they be made meete for mans ſtrengthe, theyr pithe is nothinge vvorth to ſhoote any ſhoote vvithall.
(RQ:Burns Poems)|brackets=on
A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
(RQ:Erasmus Newe Testamente)
''Chiefly in'' of ''(''great'')'' pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
(RQ:Skelton Poetical Works)
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
To render insensate or kill (an animal, especially cattle or a laboratory animal) by cutting, piercing, or otherwise destroying the cord. (defdate)
(RQ:Shaw Man and Superman)
The ordinal form of the number pi (π; approximately 3.14159…).
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One divided by pi, that is, \frac{1}{\pi} (approximately 0.31831…).
(quote-newsgroup) secondpower of six piths
The soft interior portion of something, especially:
(l) (gloss)
The essential or vital part; importance.