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}.