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Sapless adj.

Destitute of sap; not juicy.

Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless. "A somewhat sapless womanhood." "Now sapless on the verge of death he stands."

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Etymology of 'Sapless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sapless" Quotes from Famous Books

... fiddler left his violin in its case; he never took it from that case again. The oxen had grown gaunt from lack of feed and drink; they wandered about the night camps nibbling disdainfully at what growth there was, low bitter sapless weeds. ...

— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

... returned traveller is the elderly woman seated by her side. Perhaps—and perhaps not. For she seems a bit too dry and sapless and self-contained—as little susceptible, in fact, to the gentle dews of travel as an umbrella in a waterproof case. Moreover, it is doubtful if her bonnet would pass current beyond the national confines. One surmises ...

— With the Procession • Henry B. Fuller

... angrily upon the baron). Am I A weak old man because my hair is gray, Because my hands are wrinkled, ay, and hard, Because at times my armor chafes my back? Am I an old and sapless log? A man Used up who shall ...

— The German Classics, v. 20 - Masterpieces of German Literature • Various

... tree, The bare boughs rattled shudderingly; 80 The river was numb and could not speak, For the weaver Winter its shroud had spun; A single crow on the tree-top bleak From his shining feathers shed off the cold sun; Again it was morning, but shrunk and cold 85 As if her veins were sapless and old, And she rose up decrepitly For a last dim look at ...

— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty

... that morning sun upon the frosty and embossed panes of Gaffer Wiswall's dwelling; but the light brought no cheer, no solace unto him. The old man was now a withered, a sapless trunk, stripped of the green verdure which had lately bloomed on its hoary summit. His daughter, as he loved to call her—and he had almost cheated himself into the belief—was ravished from him, and the staff of his declining years ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby

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