slop1 (slop)

[ 5702 He [Arthur)... Londis [lands] als a lyone,.. Slippes in in the sloppes o-slant to the girdylle, Swalters upe swyftly. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3924. 2. Liquid carele ly dropped or spilled about; a wet place. cellent lantio ora puddle, but she should not have a med The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Parting ton. She was ex dled with a tempest. Sydney Smith, Speech at Taunton, 1831, on the Reform Bill [not being pa ed. 3. pl. Liquid food or nourishment; thin food, as gruel or thin broth prepared for the sick: so called in contempt. But thou, whatever slops she will have brought, Be thankful. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, vi. 772. The sick husband here wanted for neither slops nor doc. IMG:content-1319.png:[blocks in formation] 5. In ceram., same as slip1, 11. slop1 (slop), v.; pret. and pp. slopped, ppr. slop ping. [ =Syn. 1. Spill, Slop, Splash. Slopping is a form of spill ing: it is the somewhat sudden spilling of a considerable amount, which falls free from the receptacle and strikes the ground or floor flatly, perhaps with a sound resembling the word. Slopping is always awkward or disagreeable. Splashing may be a form of spilling of of throwing: that which is splashed falls in larger amount than in stopping, making a noise like the sound of the word, and spreads by spattering or by flowing. II. in trans. 1. To be spilled or overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the ve el containing it: usually with over .-2. To work or walk in the wet; make a slop. [Colloq.] He came slopping on behind me, with the peculiar sucking noise at each footstep which broken boots make on a wet and level pavement. D. C. Murray, Weaker Ve el, xi. To slop over, figuratively, to do or say more than is wise, especially through eagerne or exce of zeal; become too demonstrative or emotional. [Slang, U. S.] It may well be remembered that one of his [Washington's] great distinctions was his moderation, his adhesion to the positive degree. As Artemus Ward says, "he never slopped over ." Harper's Mag ., LXXVIII. 818. slop2 (slop), n. [ = slūpan (pp. slopen ), slip (Icel. steppa, pret. pl. sluppu, slip, etc.): see slip1. Cf. D. sleep, LG. slepe, G. schleppe, Dan. slæb, a train; MD. slope, later sloop, a slipper; E. slip1, a garment, slip per2, sleevel, etc.; all ult. from the same source.] 1. Originally, an outer garment, as a jacket or Originally ca ock; in later provincial use, "an outer garment made of linen; a smock-frock; a nightgown" ( Wright ). A slope is a morning Ca ock for Ladyes and gentile wemen, not open before. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 28. 2t. A garment covering the legs and the body below the waist, worn by men, and varying in cut according to the fashion: in this sense also in the plural. A German from the waist downward, all slops ; and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 2. 36. When I see one were a perewig, I dreade his haire; another wallowe in a greate sloppe, I mistrust the proportion of his thigh. Marston, Antonio and Mellida, I., v. 1. 3. Clothing; ready-made clothing; in the British navy, the clothes and bedding of the men, which are supplied by the government at about cost price: usually in the plural. [Colloq.] I went to a back back street, with plenty of cheap cheap shops, And I bought an oilskin hat and a second-hand suit of slops. W. S. Gilbert, Bumboat Woman's Story. 4t. An article of clothing made of leather, apparently shoes or slippers. They are mentioned as of black, tawny, and red leather, and as being of small cost. slop-basin (slop'bā"sn), n. A basin for slops; especially, a ve el to receive the dregs from tea or coffee-cups at table. slop-book (slop'bük), n. In the British navy, a register of clothing and small stores i ued. slop-bowl (slop'bōl), n. Same as slop - basin. slop-bucket (slop'buket), n. Same as slop pail.