SLOP

n. v.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

2.
n.

Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.

3.
n.

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.

4.
v.

To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.

5.
v.

To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.

6.
v.

To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.

7.
n.

Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.

8.
n.

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.

9.
n.

Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.


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