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Pithful

The planter Theodorus Johannes Brouwers in white tropical clothing and a pith helmet standing among the banana trees on plantation Accaribo, Suriname.
The planter Theodorus Johannes Brouwers in white tropical clothing and a pith helmet standing among the banana trees on plantation Accaribo, Suriname.
Illustrations
Portrait of a missionary in China with a pith helmet and long beard. He wears a wooden cross around his neck. On the left of the table are the works of Confucius, on the right of a pillar a Chinese inscription.
Portrait of a missionary in China with a pith helmet and long beard. He wears a wooden cross around his neck. On the left of the table are the works of Confucius, on the right of a pillar a Chinese inscription.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Pithful
    Full of pith.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. pithful
    Full of pith; pithy.
Usage in the news

A bill filed by Councilman Duane Dominy that would green-light the relocation of an asphalt plant on Antioch's Franklin Limestone Road and has sparked ire from residents will be indefinitely deferred , according to an email obtained by Pith. nashvillescene.com

Rarely does testimony at official City Hall gatherings meet high literary standards of eloquence and pith. sfweekly.com

Pith's Truth-O-Meter Goes Haywire . nashvillescene.com

The author of "Berried Treasure" discusses fruit mysteries and pith helmet style. smithsonianmag.com

Pith Follows British Leader on Twitter. nytimes.com

To the Pith of London's Heart. nybooks.com

This multilayered sensing and networking ability is, in the mind of some artificial-life computer researchers, the pith of intelligence. sfweekly.com

Phil Valentine went off on Zach Wamp again on his radio show yesterday, this time reading aloud from a Pith in the Wind post that spoofed the congressman's increasingly crazy criticisms of Bill Haslam. nashvillescene.com

After months of deliberation and hearsay, Pith has it on authority that the tony Belle Meade Country Club has admitted its first resident African-American member. nashvillescene.com

Using a sharp knife, peel the grapefruits , removing all of the bitter white pith. foodandwine.com

As longtime readers of Betsy Phillips know, whether they follow her here on Pith or at her Tiny Cat Pants blog, the ceiling hasn't been made that could hold Aunt B back. nashvillescene.com

Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the orange in strips, being careful not to remove the white pith. bhg.com

How to Create Lemon Peels, Pith and Rind. marthastewart.com

1 lemon (about 4 ounces)—peeled, pith removed and halved. foodandwine.com

Using a sharp knife, remove and discard the white pith. dallasnews.com

Usage in literature

The pith is dried, ground to a powder and washed in order to remove the stringy fibre. "Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania" by Jewett Castello Gilson

The latter way gives a better quality of pith. "Woodland Tales" by Ernest Seton-Thompson

This is the pith of the fugitive slave act of 1793. "History of the United States, Volume 3 (of 6)" by E. Benjamin Andrews

He was most prolific as a suggestor, and never failed of point and pith in his own numerous little paragraphs. "The History of "Punch"" by M. H. Spielmann

What books he read he seemed to digest and get the pith of. "The Negro and the Nation" by George S. Merriam

Their fruit, or pith, or crowns, furnish him with an abundance of food. "The Western World" by W.H.G. Kingston

Sago is prepared from the pith of a species of palm. "Commercial Geography" by Jacques W. Redway

Northern readers may not fully recognize the pith of the joke. "Behind the Scenes" by Elizabeth Keckley

The surface of the pipe in a short time will be full of small pith marks and will soon leak. "Elements of Plumbing" by Samuel Dibble

A Greek fellow made it, a Roman rogue stole it, an Italian rascal gave a new twist to it; here is the pith of it. "The Proud Prince" by Justin Huntly McCarthy

Usage in poetry
Now from this nation's hall of state
Comes Roger Tanney's vile decree,
Composed of all the pith and hate
Of that dark land of slavery.
"I make mine avow to God," said Robin,
"Thou art a stalworthy frere;
There is pith in thine arm," said Rob-in,
"I trow thou canst well shoot!"
Aye, but it rouses loyal spunk
To think of that old tree!
Its stately stem, its spacious trunk
By Nature robbed of pith and punk
To guard our liberty.
Names are vanished, save the few
In the old brown Bible scrawled;
These were men of pith and thew,
Whom the city never called;
Scarce could read or hold a quill,
Built the barn, the forge, the mill.
I will not fight: though proud of pith
I hold no one worth striving with;
And should resentment burn my breast
I deem that silence serves me best:
So having not a word to say,
Contemptuous I turn away.
You mustn't, however, adjudge him in haste,
Because a red robber is more to his taste
Than Ruskin, Rossetti, or Dante!
You see, he was bred in a bangalow wood,
And bangalow pith was the principal food
His mother served out in her shanty.