From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2023]
*** Etymology 1
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Elder pith.jpg |caption1 = A
cross section through a shoot of elderberry (_Sambucus nigra_) showing the
whitish pith _(noun [en] )_ in the centre. |image2 =
Stem-histology-cross-section-tag.svg |caption2 = A magnified cross section
through the stalk of a flax plant (_Linum usitatissimum_) showing its pith
_(noun [en] ; number 1)_. |image3 = Albedo or pith of orange peel.jpg
|caption3 = The inner portion of an orange peel showing its white pith _(noun
[en] )_ or albedo. }}
The [noun] is derived from [en], [enm][peth, peþe, pight, piþ, piþe, piþþe,
pyght, pyth, pythe, pytthe, pyþe, (Early Middle English) piþa],[1] from
[en][peoþa, piða], from [en], from earlier [gem-pro] ([oblique] [gem-pro]);
further etymology unknown.[2] [en].
The [verb] is derived from the noun[3] ([enm], from [enm],[4] did not survive
into modern English).
[2]
- [nl]
- [gml] , [gml] , [gml] [the last spelling rare] ( [nds] )
- [fy]
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**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en]
1. [en] The soft , spongy substance inside plant parts ; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees .
2. * [chapter=Of Aromaticall Reedes]
3. * [tome=1]
4. * [chapter=Mohelia, Its Description]
5. * [chapter=III]
6. * [author=Addison]
7. [en] The [en] of a citrus fruit .
2. [en]
1. [Senses relating to humans and animal s.]
1. The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organ s; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather .
2. _Chiefly of animals_ : the soft tissue inside a spinal cord ; the spinal marrow ; also, the spinal cord itself.
3. * [chapter=Of the Horsse. [ Of the Mourning of the Chine. ]]
4. [en] [en] .
5. [en] The soft tissue of the brain .
6. * [chapter=Of the Nature of the Soul of Man, whether She be a Meere Modification of the Body, or a Substance Really Distinct, and then whether Corporeall or Incorporeall]
2. [en] The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread .
3. * [tome=2]
4. * [page=239]
3. [en]
1. The central or innermost part of something; the core , the heart .
2. * [chapter=I Come to My Journey's End]
3. The essential or vital part of something; the essence .
4. * [book=Hebrews]
5. * [act=I]
6. * [volume=II]
7. * [page=149]
8. Physical power or strength ; force , might .
9. * [page=132]
10. * [edition=2nd]
11. A quality of courage and endurance ; backbone , mettle , spine .
12. The energy , force, or power of speech or writing ; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness ; punch , punchiness .
13. * [tome=1]
14. _Chiefly in_ OF _(_ GREAT _)_ PITH AND MOMENT : gravity , importance , substance, weight .
15. * [volume=I]
16. * [act=III]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |pith and marrow |pith and substance |pith helmet |pith paper
|pithy|pith fleck }}
***** Translations
[soft, spongy substance inside plant parts]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lingala: [ln]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
[parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees]
[albedo of a citrus fruit]
[soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
[soft tissue inside a spinal cord] [spinal cord]
[soft inner portion of a loaf of bread]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
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[central or innermost part of something]
[essential or vital part of something]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
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[physical power or strength] [quality of courage and endurance]
[energy, force, or power of speech or writing; such force or power due to
conciseness]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
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[gravity, importance, substance, weight]
[checktrans-top]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
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**** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. To render insensate or kill (an animal , especially cattle or a laboratory animal) by cutting , piercing , or otherwise destroy ing the spinal cord . [from early 19th c.]
2. To extract the pith from (something or [en] someone).
3. * [chapter=Epistle Dedicatory]
***** Translations
[to render insensate or kill (an animal) by cutting, piercing, or otherwise
destroying the spinal cord]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[to extract the pith from (something or ( _figurative_ ) someone)]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
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*** Etymology 2
From [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
**** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] The ordinal form of the number pi ( π ; approximately 3.14159…).
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
***** Translations
[ordinal form of the number pi]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Macedonian: [mk]
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**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] One divided by pi , that is, <math> \frac{1}{\pi} </math> (approximately 0.31831…).
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
***** Translations
[one divided by pi]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=pith(e]
[2]. Compare [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
[3]. [pos=v] ; [pos=v]
[4]. [entry=pethen]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [pithing]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], from [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[-]
1. The soft interior portion of something, especially:
1. [enm] [en] [soft substance in the center of a plant's stem]
2. The pulp [soft innards] of a fruit .
2. [enm] The essential or vital part; importance .
3. [enm] Power, strength , might .
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry=pith(e]