Slop, v. i. To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the
vessel containing it; -- often with over.
Slop, n. [AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl&?;pan to slip, to
slide; akin to Icel sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment.
Cf. Slip, v. i.] 1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton,
as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
"A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney.
There's a French salutation to your French slop.
Shak.
3. pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and
other furnishings.
Slope (?), n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip,
v. i.] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a
horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of
one line or surface to another.
2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the
horizon.
buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Macaulay.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as
ascending, an acclivity.
Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel
planes have the same slope.
Slope, a. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
Bacon.
Slope, adv. In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.] To
form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to
direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a
garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
Slope, v. i. 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with
the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.