An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SOUP, SUP, s.
1. The quantity of spoonmeat taken into the mouth at once, S.
2. A mouthful of liquor, S.
Dunbar.
3. A considerable quantity of drink, or of any thin food, S.
Forbes.

Isl. sope, a draught, saup, spoonmeat.

SOUPAND, part. pr. Sobbing, or groaning.
Dunbar.

A. S. seof-ian, ingemiscere.

SOUPLE, s. The part of a flail which strikes the grain, S.
Pop. Ball.

Isl. sweip-a, to strike.

SOUR-KIT, s. A dish of coagulated cream, S.
Compl. S.

SOURMILK, s. Buttermilk, S.

Sw. sur mioelk, id.

SOUROCK, SOURACK, s. Sorrel, S.
Lightfoot.