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Sops in wine

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.