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  6  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  S.O.P. 
  n  :  the  procedure  that  would  normally  be  followed  [syn:  {standard 
  operating  procedure},  {SOP},  {S.O.P.}] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 
 
  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  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOP 
  Standard  Operating  Procedure




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