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The predominant collective concern is less that the fire will slop over the holding lines and escape, and more that it won’t burn the unit thoroughly and completely.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019

You must trim the craft absolutely on an even keel; otherwise the comb of the wave, too light to lift you, will slop in over one gunwale or the other.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

They will slop over a trifle at first, but twenty-four hours will settle them.

From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington

“If I stand it down, it will slop over the side.”

From Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by Fenn, George Manville

"Aw, say," yawned Willis Paulding, "you want to be a little cawful or you will slop the good stuff, don't yer know."

From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Standish, Burt L.