Fifty-six percent of voters support the birth control coverage benefit, including 53 percent of Catholic voters, and 62 percent of Catholics who identify themselves as independents, according to a new Public Policy Polling Poll.
sylph (plural sylphs) ( 1 mythology) An invisible being of the air. 2  The elemental being of air, usually female. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. 1811, Mary Bruton, Self-Control (novel): Her heart fluttered with expectationâher step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. sylph n 1 a slender graceful girl or young woman 2 any of a class of imaginary beings assumed to inhabit the air (C17: from New Latin sylphus, probably coined from Latin silva wood + Greek numphe nymph) â¦ sylphlike (less commonly) â¦ sylphic, sylphish, sylphy adj. sylph. n.