Word Meanings - SLOP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 ,

Additional info about word: SLOP

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 , a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet. (more info) sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. 1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. 2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural. 3. pl.

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