TOPPINGS

Noun

toppings

plural of topping

That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.

Anagrams

• stopping

Proper noun

Toppings

plural of Topping

Anagrams

• stopping

Source: Wiktionary


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; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.

Top"ping, n.

1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

3. pl.

Definition: That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.

TOP

Top, n. Etym: [CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf; perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.]

1. 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.

2. (Rope Making)

Definition: 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.

Top, n. Etym: [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 pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf. Tuft.]

1. 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 star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of heaven doth hold. Milton.

2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work. Pope.

3. 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. And wears upon hisbaby brow the round And top of sovereignty. Shak.

4. The chief person; the most prominent one. Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots. Milton.

5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. "From top to toe" Spenser. All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall On her ungrateful top ! Shak.

6. The head, or upper part, of a plant. The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as cabbageheads. I. Watts.

7. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Totten.

8. (Wool Manuf.)

Definition: A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] "He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine." Knolles.

10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. Knight.

11. pl.

Definition: Top-boots. [Slang] Dickens.

Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone, or topstone; top- boots, or top boots; top soil, or top-soil. Top and but (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers.

– Top minnow (Zoöl.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish (Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species.

Top, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.]

1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. Derham.

2. To predominate; as, topping passions. "Influenced by topping uneasiness." Locke.

3. To excel; to rise above others. But write thy, and top. Dryden.

Top, v. t.

1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle. Like moving mountains topped with snow. Waller. A mount Of alabaster, topped with golden spires. Milton.

2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass. Topping all others in boasting. Shak. Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. Shak.

3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of. But wind about till thou hast topped the hill. Denham.

4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop. Top your rose trees a little with your knife. Evelyn.

5. To perform eminently, or better than before. From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them. Jeffrey.

6. (Naut.)

Definition: To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other. To top off, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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