'Pith paper' definitions:

Definition of 'Pith paper'

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  • 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 cellular tissue. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (a) (Zool.) The spongy interior substance of a feather. (b) (Anat.) The spinal cord; the marrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith. [1913 Webster]
  • Enterprises of great pith and moment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Pith paper. Same as Rice paper, under Rice. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pith paper'

From: GCIDE
  • Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi, akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. [1913 Webster]
  • Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
  • French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
  • Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
  • Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
  • Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.
  • Rice hen (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.
  • Rice mouse (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
  • Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.
  • Rice troupial (Zool.), the bobolink.
  • Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.
  • Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.
  • Rice weevil (Zool.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, or Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil. [1913 Webster]