[f. SOP v.] The action of the vb. in various senses; a thorough soaking or wetting.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 687/2. By bibbing, & sipping, & sopping, & quaffing.
1633. W. Ames, Fresh Suite, II. 37. Sopping of bread in wine … was no signe instituted as an instrument of grace.
1675. Hannah Woolley, Gentlew. Comp., 71. Be not over-forward in dipping or sopping in the dish.
1824. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. I. (1863), 159. The whole story of the sopping, the drying, the clothes-spoiling.
1888. H. R. Reynolds, in Life, xvii. (1898), 414. The delightful rambles and soppings and jolly evening symposia.
