Dictionary entry

Sip (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sip, n. 1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

One sip of this

Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight

Beyond the bliss of dreams. Milton.

A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. De Quincey.