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noun

Sop n.

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." "Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself." "The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe."

Anything given to pacify; so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. "All nature is cured with a sop."

A thing of little or no value. (Obs.)

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."

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.

verb

Sop v. t. (past & past part. sopped; pres. part. sopping) To steep or dip in any liquid.

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"Sop" Quotes from Famous Books

... bishopric proved to be true. The new bishop was a very "moderate" Anglican indeed, and his appointment was meant as a sop to the Presbyterians. Richard Baxter and Edmund Calamy refused ...

— Andrew Marvell • Augustine Birrell

... deprive yourself and your companions of my help, you will not quote the Bible, that sop thrown by the church to their slaves, to me," she said venomously. "I am a ...

— The Solar Magnet • Sterner St. Paul Meek

... now sing, is one of those bravura songs which every composer is compelled to introduce, though they mar the general scheme of the work; but an opera would as often as not never see the light, if the prima donna's vanity were not duly flattered. Still, this musical 'sop' is so fine in itself that it is performed as written, on every stage; it is so brilliant that the leading lady does not substitute her favorite show piece, as is ...

— Massimilla Doni • Honore de Balzac

... eight members of the House would be found to enter the "cave," if Coxon showed them the way. Then,—"Why then," said Mr. Kilshaw to his conscience, "we need not use that brute Benham at all! There's a nice sop! Lie down like a good dog, ...

— Half a Hero - A Novel • Anthony Hope

... either their fingers, or sopping. The Biblical reader will easily recognize the custom. I took the Testament and read to the taleb this passage:—"And," said Jesus, "He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it; and he took a sop and gave it to Judas Simon ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

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