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Slop
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
3. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. -- Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.