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| n. | (?) |
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| Top |
| [CF. OD. dop, top,
OHG., MNG., *** dial. G. topf] perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.] |
A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or
pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound
round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of
a whip.
A plug, or conical block of
wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the
rope slide in the process of twisting.
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| Top (top) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Top |
| [AS. top; akin to OFries.
top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of
hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel.
toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp
pinnac |
The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the
upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top
of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the
top of the ground.
The utmost degree; the acme; the
summit.
The highest rank; the most honorable position;
the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or
at the top of the school.
The chief person; the most prominent
one.
The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the
head.
The head, or upper part, of a plant.
A platform surrounding the head
of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the
topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient
standing place for the men aloft.
A bundle or ball of slivers
of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken
out.
Eve; verge; point.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or
circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
Top-boots.
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To rise aloft] to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty
ridges and topping mountains.
To predominate; as, topping
passions.
To excel; to rise above others.
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To cover
on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to
surpass.
To rise to the top of; to go over the top
of.
To take off the or upper part of; to
crop.
To perform eminently, or better than
before.
To raise one end of, as a yard,
so that that end becomes higher than the other.
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A stroke on the top of the ball.
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To cover with another dye; as, to top
aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and
crocking.
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a
saw blade).
To arrange, as fruit, with the best on
top.
To strike the top of, as a wall, with the
hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a
horse.
To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep)
by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other
superior.
To raise one end of, as a
yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the
top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
To strike (the ball) above
the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this
way.
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To strike a ball above the center.
To rise at one end, as a
yard; -- usually with up.
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