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Webster 1913 Edition
Sop
Sop
,Noun.
1.
Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
He it is to whom I shall give a
sop
, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26.
Sops
in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.
The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a
sop
of all this solid globe. Shakespeare
2.
Anything given to pacify; – so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
All nature is cured with a
sop
. L’Estrange.
3.
A thing of little or no value.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.
Sops in wine
(Bot.)
, an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
Garlands of roses and
– sops in wine
. Spenser.
Sops of wine
(Bot.)
, an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; – called also
sopsavine
, and red shropsavine
. Sop
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sopped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sopping
.] To steep or dip in any liquid.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sop
SOP
, n.1.
Anything steeped or dipped and softened in liquor, but chiefly something thus dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. Sops in win, quantity for quantity, inebriate more than win itself.2.
Any thing given to pacify; so called from the sop given to Cerberus, in mythology. Hence the phrase, to give a sop to Cerberus.