Sop
Sop , noun
[Old English sop, soppe; akin to Anglo-Saxon s{not transcribed}pan to sup, to sip, to drink, Dutch sop sop, German suppe soup, Icelandic soppa sop. See Sup, transitive verb, and compare 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.
Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself.
The bounded waters
Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe.
2.
Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
All nature is cured with a sop.
3.
A thing of little or no value. [Obsolete] — P. Plowman
Garlands of roses and sops in wine.
Sop , transitive verb
To steep or dip in any liquid.