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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sop \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan 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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sopsavine \Sops"a*vine\, n.
     See {Sops of wine}, under {Sop}.
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