Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pithier"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. {Pithier}; superl. {Pithiest}.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.

In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.

{Pithy gall} (Zo["o]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong
gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
({Diastrophus nebulosus}).

Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx

dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.