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mar·row (m

r

)

n.

1. Bone marrow.

2. The spinal cord.

3.

a. The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith.

b. Strength or vigor; vitality.

[Middle English marow, from Old English mearg.]

marrow·y adj.

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With axe and shovel you explore this mine, and follow the marrowy store, yellow as beef tallow, or as if you had struck on a vein of gold, deep into the earth.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

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