spo : Idioms & Phrases


Sops in wine

  • (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
    Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
Webster 1913

Sops of wine

  • (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.
Webster 1913