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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAP'LESS, a. [from sap.]
1. Destitute of sap; as a sapless tree or branch.
2. Dry; old; husky; as a sapless usurer.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective see sap I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Without sap, destitute of sap. 2. Decayed, dry, old, withered.

Moby Thesaurus

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