01 n. 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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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.
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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.
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A thing of little or no value.[Obs.]“Garlands of roses and sops in wine.” — Spenser.