TOP
TOP, noun1. The highest part of any thing; the upper end, edge or extremity; as the top of a tree; the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain.2. Surface; uppe...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TOP-CHAIN
TOP'-CHAIN, noun In ships, a chain to sling the lower yards in time of action, to prevent their falling when the ropes by which they are hung, are shot away.TOP'-CLOTH, noun In ...
TOP-DRESSING
TOP'-DRESSING, noun A dressing of manure laid on the surface of land.
TOP-GALLANT
TOP-GAL'LANT, adjective [See Top-sail.]1. Highest; elevated; splendid; as a top-gallant spark.
TOP-HEAVY
TOP-HEAVY, adjective top'-hevy. [top and heavy.] Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower.TOP'-KNOT, noun [top and knot.] A knot worn by females on the top of the head.
TOP-MAST
TOP'-MAST, noun In ships, the second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast. Above that is the top-gallant-mast.
TOP-MOST
TOP'-MOST, adjective [top and most.] Highest; uppermost; as the topmost cliff; the top-most branch of a tree.TOP'-PROUD, adjective [top and proud.] Proud to the highest degree.
TOP-ROPE
TOP'-ROPE, noun A rope to sway up a top-mast, etc.
TOP-SAIL
TOP'-SAIL, noun A sail extended across the top-mast, above which is the top-gallant-sail.TOP'-SHAPED, adjective In botany, turbinate.TOP'-SOILING, noun The act or art of taking ...
TOPAN
TO'PAN, noun A name of the horned Indian raven, or rhinoceros bird.
TOPARCH
TO'PARCH, noun [Gr.place, and a chief.] The principal man in a place or country.
TOPARCHY
TO'PARCHY, noun A little state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch. Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
TOPAZ
TO'PAZ, noun [Gr.] A mineral, said to be so called from Topazos, a small isle in the Arabic gulf, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is ...
TOPAZOLITE
TOPAZ'OLITE, noun A variety of precious garnet, of a topaz yellow color, or an olive green.
TOPE
TOPE, noun A fish of the shark kind, the squalus galeus of Linne.TOPE, verb intransitive To drink hard; to drink strong or spiritus liquors to excess.If you tope in form, and tr...
TOPER
TO'PER, noun One who drinks to excess; a drunkard; a sot.
TOPET
TOP'ET, noun A small bird, the crested titmouse.N.B. The crested titmouse of Latham, Parus bicolor, is the toupet titmouse of Pennant.
TOPFULL
TOP'FULL, adjective [top and full.] Full to the brim.
TOPH
TOPHTOPHA'CEOUS, adjective Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.
TOPHET
TO'PHET, noun [Heb. tophet a drum.] Hell; so called from a place east of Jerusalem where children were burnt to Moloch, and where drums were used to drown their cries.
TOPHI
TO'PHI, noun Ducksten; a stone formed by earthy depositions; called also tufa or trass.
TOPHIN
TOPH'IN, noun [from the Latin.] A kind of sandstone.
TOPIARY
TOP'IARY, adjective [Latin topiarius, ornamented.] Shaped by clipping or cutting.
TOPIC
TOP'IC, noun [Gr. place; Latin topicus, topica.]1. Any subject of discourse or argument. The Scriptures furnish an unlimited number of topics for the preacher, and topics infini...
TOPICAL
TOP'ICAL, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to a place, limited; local; as a topical remedy.1. Pertaining to a topic or subject of discourse, or to a general head.
TOPICALLY
TOP'ICALLY, adverb Locally; with limitation to a part.1. With application to a particular part; as a remedy topically applied.
TOPLESS
TOP'LESS, adjective Having no top; as a topless highth.