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sip, v. [sipped (sipt), sippixg.] To drink or imbibe in small quantities; to take in with the lips in small quantities: to draw into the mouth, suck up; to drink out of.— To drink a small quantity.— n. The taking of a liquid with the lips; a small draught taken with the lips. [OD. sippen, to sip, zuypen, AS. supun = £. to sup, q. v.] Siphon, si'fun, A bent tube or pipe with arms of unequal length, tor transferring a liquid from one ve el to another, over an intermediate elevation, by atmospheric pre ure. [F.; L. sipho, a siphon, Gr. siphon, a small pipe or reed, siphlos, hollow: oerh. L. sibilare, to whistle, pipe, E. sibilant.]