資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel.
   safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to
   taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf.
   {Sapid}, {Sapient}.]
   1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending
      and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to
      nutrition.

   Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of
         which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the
         elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.

   2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

   3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]

   {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
      See {Polyporus}.

   {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the
      juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or
      buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
      

   {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}.

   {Sap sucker} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
      American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus},
      especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of
      the Eastern United States. They are so named because they
      puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name
      is loosely applied to other woodpeckers.

   {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus,
   from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois,
   fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf.
   {Frankish}.]
   Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.

   {French bean} (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
      vulgaris}).

   {French berry} (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
      ({Rhamnus catharticus}), which affords a saffron, green or
      purple pigment.

   {French casement} (Arch.) See {French window}, under
      {Window}.

   {French chalk} (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
      for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under {Chalk}.

   {French cowslip} (Bot.) The {Primula Auricula}. See
      {Bear's-ear}.

   {French fake} (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
      backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
      freely.

   {French honeysuckle} (Bot.) a plant of the genus {Hedysarum}
      ({H. coronarium}); -- called also {garland honeysuckle}.
      

   {French horn}, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
      long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
      expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
      sound issues; -- called in France {cor de chasse}.

   {French leave}, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
      esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.

   {French pie} [French (here used in sense of ``foreign'') +
      pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
      (Zo["o]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker
      ({Dryobstes major}); -- called also {wood pie}.

   {French polish}.
   (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
       gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
       shellac with other gums added.
   (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
       above.

   {French purple}, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
      for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
      mordants. --Ure.

   {French red} rouge.

   {French rice}, amelcorn.

   {French roof} (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
      a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.

   {French tub}, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
      logwood; -- called also {plum tub}. --Ure.

   {French window}. See under {Window}.