שָׂרַף II, (v.שָׂרַף I) to absorb, quaff, sip, suck. Ab. Zar. II, 5 (29ᵇ) שׂורְפָהּ חיה (not שורפו) sucks it (the maw) out raw, v. גְּמִי I; Cant. R. to I, 2.