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. [ 1913 Webster ] He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ] Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. [ 1913 Webster ] All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A thing of little or no value. [ Obs. ] P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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