Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sop"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Sop
a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. 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. (Comp. Ruth
2:14.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sop \Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sopping}.]
To steep or dip in any liquid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
S.O.P.
n : the procedure that would normally be followed [syn: {standard
operating procedure}, {SOP}, {S.O.P.}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sop
n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: {sops}]
2: a concession given to mollify or placate: "the offer was a
sop to my feelings"
3: the procedure that would normally be followed [syn: {standard
operating procedure}, {SOP}, {S.O.P.}]
4: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely [syn: {standing
operating procedure}, {standard operating procedure}, {SOP}]
v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[syn: {soak through}]
3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
4: mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface, of floors
5: become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
6: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: {drench}, {douse}, {dowse}, {soak}, {souse}]
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