Sop

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt A thing of little or no value.

II. Sop ·vt To steep or dip in any liquid.

III. Sop ·vt Anything given to pacify;

— so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.

IV. Sop ·vt Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.