spo Meaning, Definition & Usage

Spo noun

Etymology

OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. span to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.

Definitions

1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

   He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26.

   Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.

   The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.

2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.

   All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.

3. A thing of little or no value. Obs. P. Plowman.