sop

Something entirely soaked.

The bounded Waters, / Should lift their boſomes higher then the Shores, / And make a ſoppe of all this ſolid Globe:

A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.

[…]Hee it is to whom I ſhall giue a ſoppe, when I haue dipped it.

[…]Sops in Wine, (Quantitie for Quantitie,) inebriate more, than Wine of it ſelfe.

Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe.

Ill Nature, in fine, is not to be Cur’d with a Sop; but on the contrary, Quarrelſome Men, as well as Quarrelſome Currs are worſe for fair Uſage.

The suggested petrification of the ship is a sop to gratify Poseidon and compensate him for a concession--the Phaeacians will not be cut off from the sea.

Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.

Gravy.

To steep or dip in any liquid.

A messe of milke sopt with white bread.

When I die, don't bury me deep, / Put a jug of 'lasses at my feet, / And a piece of corn bread in my hand, / Gwine to sop my way to the promised land.

To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.

Clipping of soprano.