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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sip \Sip\ (s[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped} (s[i^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sipping}.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and
AS. s?pan to sip, suck up, drink. See {Sup}, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to
take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." --Milton.
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2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar
from the flowers.
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3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
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They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
--Dryden.
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