SAP  . (I) Juice, the circulating fluid of See also:

• PLANTS

plants (see PLANTS, § See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

Physiology) . The word appears in See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf . Ger . Saft, and may be connected ultimately with the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in See also:

• LAT

Lat. sapere, See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, hence to know, cf. sapientia, See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom, cf . Gr. ao;bbs, See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand it may, like Fr. she, Span. saba, have come See also:

• DIRECT

direct from Lat. sapa, must, new See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, itself also from the same root . The Gr . Orbs is represented in Lat. by sucus . (2) A military See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench dug by abesieging force for the purpose of approach to the point 'of attack when within range, hence " to sap," to undermine, dig away the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, &c . The word is derived through the Old Fr. from the Med . Lat. sapa, sap pa, a See also:

• SPADE

spade, entrenching See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool, Gr. owes-See also:

• BIN

bin, OK6.7rTEW, t0 dig .