SLOOP
Sloop, n.Etym: [D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. Shallop.] (Naut.)
Defn: A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix. Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.
SLOP
Slop, n. Etym: [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the
sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf.
Cowslip.]
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.
Defn: 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.
SLOP
Slop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping.]
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.