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1 gihar
[from *ginarre] iz.1.a. Anat. muscleb. (irud.) strength, vigor; edozeinek daki nolako \giharraz idazten zuen Unamunok everyone knows how vigorously Unamuno wrote2. ( haragia) flesh3. ( zuhaitzari d.) log, pith io.1. lean; zuhaitz \gihar eta hostotsu a lean and leafy tree2. (irud.) lean, tough; hitz \gihar eta laburra a short, tough word -
2 gune
iz.1. ( lekua, puntua)a. spot, place; munduko \gune guztietan in every spot in the world; bidea adarkatzen den \gunean at the spot where the road forksb. ( gorputzari d.) area, spot; \gune minberak sore spotsc. Inform. site; web \gune web site2. ( erdialdea)a. ( atomoari, zelulari d.) nucleasc. ( enborrari d.) pith -
3 mami
[from Rom. "m'ami"] iz.1.a. ( fruituari d.) pulp; e-i \mamia atera to pulp sthb. ( ogiari d.) middle part, heart; ogi-\mami puska bat a piece of bread from the middlec. ( haragia) \mami gutxikoa da he doesn't have much meat on him; zuretzat \mami gozoa eta hezurrak pobreentzat the fat juicy part for you and bones for the poor; hezur eta \mami jango nau he'll eat me bones and all; hezur handiak zituen \mami gutxirekin he had big bones and little fleshd. ( erhi, behatz, hatzari d.) tip; hatz\mami fingertip2. substance; zure asmo hori oraintxe bertan \mami bihurtuko da now you're going to pull off that plan of yours3. (irud.)a. essence, pith, core, substance; legearen \mamia the spirit of the law; hitz honen \mamia the essential meaning of this word;b. euskal \mami the essence of Basque-ness; eta \mamia euskal \mami garbi ez bada ere, euskal azal ederrez agertzen zaigu and even if its essence is not pure Basque, it is delightfully Basque on the surfaceb. ( mami hutsa, mami garbia) embodiment, quintessence, essence; hortxe datza buddhismoaren \mamia therein lies the essence of Buddhismc. (esa.) ; goazen \mamira! let's get to the heart of the matter!; \mami-\mamira joz gero, aldatzen da once we get to the very heart of the matter, it's different4. Sukal. curds io.1. ( adiskidea, e.a.) close, intimate, trusted; Txomin adiskide \mamia egin zitzaidan Txomin became my close friend; Erregeren ahokulari \mamia the King's trusted adviser2. ( lurra) deep; lur azalak eta \mamiak shallow and deep soils -
4 muin
I.[from Rom. muin \muin mun \muin fuinfrom *bune or *(h)une from ? Lat. "fune" (rope)] iz.1. (Bot.)a. ( mamia) pithb. germ, bud, shoot, sprout2. Anat.a. ( h. g. burmuin) \muinak brains; \muinak urtu to rack one's brains outb. bizkar-\muin spinal cordc. hezur-\muin bone marrow3. ( oso barne-barnekoa dena) essence; auziaren \muin-\muinean gaude we're at the very heart of the matterII.iz.1. kiss
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Pith — is a light substance that is found in vascular plants. It consists of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, and is located in the center of the stem. It is encircled by a ring of xylem (woody tissue), and outside that, a ring of phloem (bark tissue). In … Wikipedia
Pith — Pith, n. [AS. pi?a; akin to D. pit pith, kernel, LG. peddik. Cf. {Pit} a kernel.] 1. (Bot.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pith — /pith/, n. 1. Bot. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants. 2. Zool. the soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc. 3. the important or essential part; essence; core; heart: the pith of the … Universalium
pith — O.E. piþa pith of plants, also essential part, from W.Gmc. *pithan (Cf. M.Du. pitte, E.Fris. pit), a Low Ger. root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in O.E. The verb meaning to kill by piercing the spinal cord is from 1805. Pith helmet… … Etymology dictionary
pith — [pith] n. [ME pithe < OE pitha, akin to MDu pitte, pit of a fruit, kernel, pith of a tree] 1. the soft, spongy tissue in the center of certain plant stems 2. the soft core of various other things, as of a bone or feather 3. the spongy, fibrous … English World dictionary
pith|y — «PIHTH ee», adjective, pith|i|er, pith|i|est. 1. full of substance, meaning, force, or vigor; crisply concise and to the point: »pithy phrases, a pithy speaker. SYNONYM(S): pointed … Useful english dictionary
pith — [pıθ] n [U] ↑segment, ↑pith, ↑peel [: Old English; Origin: pitha] 1.) a white substance just under the outside skin of oranges and similar fruit ▪ Peel the oranges with a sharp knife to remove all pith. 2.) a soft white substance that fills the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pith — Pith, v. t. (Physiol.) 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pith — index center (essence), contents, corpus, essence, gist (substance), import, main point … Law dictionary
pith — [ pıθ ] noun uncount 1. ) the white substance under the skin of oranges and similar fruits a ) the white substance inside the stems of some plants 2. ) the main and most important part of a problem, argument, etc … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pith — *substance, purport, gist, burden, core Analogous words: *center, nucleus, heart, focus: spirit, *soul … New Dictionary of Synonyms