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PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pi...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 665 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut)  , properly the medulla, the central column of spongy cellular tissue, in the stems of dicotyledonous
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plants (see PLANTS: Anatomy) . The word is thence applied to the
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spinal cord or marrow in animals, to the medullary end of a hair, and to that which forms the central
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part or core of any
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object or substance; hence, figuratively, vigour, energy, concentrated force . Very
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light hats or helmets are made of the dried pith of the
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Indian spongewood or
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hat plant (Acschynomene aspera, the native name being Solah) . These pith hats are worn by Europeans in India and the East . The Chinese Ricepaper-tree (Aralia or Fatsia papyrifera), from the pith of which the delicate white film known as " rice-paper " is made, is also known as the pith-plant .

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