Category:Sop

Sop, n. Etym: [oe. sop, soppe; akin to as. s 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. 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 sop of all this solid globe. Shak.

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 Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.]

Defn: to steep or dip in any liquid.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Sop - A morsel of bread (John 13:26; compare Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Compare Ruth 2:14.)