- (v.t.) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.
- (v.t.) To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.
- (v.t.) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.
- (v.t.) To cut, break or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (v.t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
- (v.t.) To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.
- (n.) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- (v.t.) To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- (n.) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- (v.i.) To strike a ball above the center.
- (v.i.) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up.
- (v.t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
- (n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- (v.t.) To perform eminently or better than before.
- (v.i.) To excel; to rise above others.
- (v.t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
- (n.) Top-boots.
- (n.) The head or upper part, of a plant.
- (n.) Eve; verge; point.
- (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils or dust, have been taken out.
- (v.i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.i.) To predominate; as, topping passions.
- (n.) The crown of the head or the hair upon it; the head.
- (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle or circumference, and the table or flat upper surface.
- (v.t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The chief person; the most prominent one.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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