Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pith
Pith
pith
n. & v. --n. 1 spongy white tissue lining the rind of an orange, lemon, etc. 2 the essential part; the quintessence (came to the pith of his argument). 3 Bot. the spongy cellular tissue in the stems and branches of dicotyledonous plants. 4 a physical strength; vigour. b force; energy. 5 archaic spinal marrow. --v.tr. 1 remove the pith or marrow from. 2 slaughter or immobilize (an animal) by severing the spinal cord. Phrases and idioms pith helmet a lightweight sun-helmet made from the dried pith of the sola etc. Derivatives pithless adj. Etymology: OE pitha f. WG
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~a; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German pit ~, pit Date: before 12th century 1. a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage, any of various loose spongy plant tissues that resemble true ~, the soft or spongy interior of a part of the body, 2. the essential part ; core, substantial quality (as of meaning), importance, II. transitive verb Date: 1805 1. to kill (as cattle) by piercing or severing the spinal cord, to destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal, to remove the ~ from (a plant stem) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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