Sootied with noisome smoke.
Chapman.
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.