Sip (sĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped (sĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. span to sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, “to sip tea”. “Every herb that sips the dew.” Milton.
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2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, “a bee sips nectar from the flowers”.
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3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
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They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. Dryden.
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