Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sapless"

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

Sapless \Sap"less\, a.
1. Destitute of sap; not juicy.

2. Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless. ``A somewhat
sapless womanhood.'' --Lowell.

Now sapless on the verge of death he stands.
--Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sapless
adj 1: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman";
"her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {feeble},
{infirm}, {weak}, {weakly}]
2: destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and
roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer


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