palimpsest vs pulp

palimpsest

noun
  • A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. 

  • The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one. 

  • Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form. 

  • Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface. 

  • Memory that has been erased and re-written. 

  • Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity. 

verb
  • To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse. 

  • On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day. 

pulp

noun
  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. 

  • A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). 

  • The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad. 

  • The very soft tissue in the spleen. 

  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. 

  • The soft center of a tooth. 

  • A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. 

  • The soft center of a fruit. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication. 

verb
  • To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. 

  • To beat to a pulp. 

  • To make or be made into pulp. 

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