marrow

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The pith, (in French, marrow,) forms a sort of column in the centre of the woody axis.

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  1. noun Bone marrow.
  2. noun The spinal cord.
  3. noun The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith.
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  • That 15-month boy will undoubtedly grow up with hatred in his very marrow, and will likely be a good candidate for a suicide mission in about a dozen years. —  MRZine.org
  • Within the bone marrow, they anchor themselves in place by attaching to bone marrow cells called osteoblasts.
  • The cancer starts in bone marrow, which is the soft tissue inside most bones, and where blood cells are made. —  Home News Tribune - News
  • It occurs when healthy bone marrow is attacked by the cancer, causing healthy blood-forming cells to be overrun and leaving patients vulnerable to potentially fatal infections.
  • Chop the top off of your carrots, lob them in half and then slice down vertically so that the marrow is exposed. —  Damn Hell Ass Kings
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  1. Middle English marow, from Old English mearg.

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  1. Also dial. marry, mary; from Middle English marow, merow, mary, margh, merʒ, from Anglo-Saxon mearg, mearh = Old Saxon marg = OFries. merch, merg = Dutch marg, merg = Middle Low German merch, Low German march, merch = Old High German marag, marg, Middle High German mare, German mark = Icelandic mergr = Swedish märg, merg = Danish marv = Welsh mer = Cornish maru = Old Bulgarian Russian mozgǔ = Zend mazga = Sanskrit majjan, marrow; perhaps from Sanskrit √ majj = Latin mergere, dip: see merge.
  2. from marrow, n.
  3. from Middle English marowe, marwe; origin obscure. Cf. moral, which is perhaps a corruption of marrow,
  4. from Middle English *marowe, merowe, from Anglo-Saxon mearu (mearw-, merw-, mærw-, myrw-) = Old High German marawi, maro, Middle High German mar (marw-) (also, with variation, Middle Dutch murwe, morwe, Dutch murw = Old High German muruwi, murwi, Middle High German mürwe, mür, German mürbe), soft. Cf. mellow.
 

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