Topology
To‐pol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � place + -logy.] The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Toponomy
To‐pon″o‐my (?), n. The designation of position and direction. B. G. Wilder.
Toponym
Top″o‐nym (?), n. A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.
Toponymy
To‐pon″y‐my (?), n. A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. — To‐pon″y‐mal (#), Top′o‐nym″ic (#), Top′o‐nym″ic‐al (#), a.
Topophone
Top″o‐phone (?), n. A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.
Topper
Top″per (?), n. 1. One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.: (a) A cover of a top layer or part. (b) One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. (c) Any...
Toppescent
Top‐pes″cent (?), a. [L. torpescens, p. pr. of torpescere to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr. torpere. See Torpid.] Becoming torpid or numb. Shenstone.
Toppiece
Top″piece′ (?), n. A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
Topping
Top″ping (?), a. 1. Rising above; surpassing.2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud.The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. South.3. Fine...
Topping (2)
Top″ping, n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.3. pl. That which comes from ...
Topping (3)
Top″ping, n.(Angling) The tail of an artificial fly.
Toppingly
Top″ping‐ly, adv. In a topping or proud manner.
Toppingly (2)
Top″ping‐ly, a. Same as Topping, a., 3. “Topping quests.” Tusser.
Topple
Top″ple (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Toppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toppling.] [From Top summit.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.Though castles topple on their warders' heads....
Topple (2)
Top″ple, v. t. To throw down; to overturn.He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow.
Tops-and-bottoms
Tops″–and–bot′toms (?), n. pl. Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food for infants.'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt....
Topsail
Top″sail′ (?), n.(Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. ...
Topsman
Tops″man (?), n.; pl.Topsmen (�). 1. The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. P. Cyc.2. The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman. Simmonds.
Topsoil
Top″soil′ (?), n. The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
Topsoiling
Top″soil′ing, n.(Engin.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Topstone
Top″stone′ (?), n. A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
Topsy-turvy
Top″sy–tur″vy (?), adv. [Earlier topside-turvey, topsy-tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means, overturned, fr....
Toque
Toque (tōk), n. [F. toque; of Celtic origin; cf. W. toc.] 1. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; — called also toquet.His velvet toque stuck a...
Toquet
To‐quet″ (?), n. See Toque, 1.
Tor
Tor (?), n. [AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. Tower.]1. A tower; a turret. Ray.2. High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. C. K...
Torace
{ To‐race″ (?), To‐rase″ }, v. t. [Pref. to- + OE. r�sen to rage.] To scratch to pieces. Chaucer.
Torah
{ ‖To″rah, ‖To″ra } (?), n.; pl. Toroth (#). [Heb. tōrāh.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept.A considerable body of priestly Toroth. S. R. Driver.(b) Divine instruction; revela...