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   Sop (?), n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. span 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.
   
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   Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
   
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   -- 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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