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Webster 1913 Edition
Sip
Sip
(sĭp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sipped
(sĭpt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sipping
.] 1.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
“Every herb that sips the dew.” as, to
. sip
teaMilton.
2.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up;
as, a bee
. sips
nectar from the flowers3.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
[Poetic]
They skim the floods, and
sip
the purple flowers. Dryden.
Sip
,Verb.
I.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;
Then,
Then,
sipping
, offered to the next in place. Dryden.
Sip
,Noun.
1.
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
2.
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
One
Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight
Beyond the bliss of dreams.
sip
of thisWill bathe the drooping spirits in delight
Beyond the bliss of dreams.
Milton.
A
sip
is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sip
SIP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take a fluid into the mouth in small quantities by the lips; as, to sip wine; to sip tea or coffee.2.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities. Every herb that sips the dew.3.
To draw into the mouth ; to extract; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.4.
To drink out of. They skim the floods, and sip the purple flow'rs.