slop

slop is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
  2. 2.pl. 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.
  3. 3.To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
  4. 4.To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
  5. 5.To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
  6. 6.Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  7. 7.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.
  8. 8.pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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