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Sop (?), n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s&unr_;pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.] 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
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He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26.
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Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.
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The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe.
Shak.
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2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
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All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.
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3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
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Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
[1913 Webster]Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
[1913 Webster]-- 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.

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Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.] To steep or dip in any liquid.
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