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.
Definition of sap. 1  1a : the fluid part of a plant; specifically : a watery solution that circulates through a plant's vascular systemb (1) : a body fluid (as blood) essential to life, health, or vigor (2) : bodily health and vigor. 2  2 : a foolish gullible person. 3  3 [probably short for sapling] : blackjack, bludgeon.