1. To remove the pith from (a plant stem).
2. To sever or destroy the spinal cord of, usually by inserting a needle into the vertebral canal.
3. To kill (cattle) by cutting the spinal cord.
“The year of their ultimate squalor. . .
Was the year of their separation.
It was also the year of the bad grades,
Of Bio 7, pithing frogs, and shucking
The durable exoskeleton of crayfish.”
—David Moolten, “Bio 7”
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