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(1):

(v. i.) To excel; to rise above others.

(2):

(v. t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.

(3):

(v. t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

(6):

(v. t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; - chiefly used in the past participle.

(7):

(v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.

(8):

(v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.

(9):

(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.

(10):

(n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

(11):

(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.

(12):

(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.

(13):

(v. i.) To predominate; as, topping passions.

(14):

(n.) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

(15):

(n.) The chief person; the most prominent one.

(16):

(n.) Top-boots.

(17):

(n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

(18):

(n.) Eve; verge; point.

(19):

(v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before.

(20):

(n.) The head, or upper part, of a plant.

(21):

(v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

(22):

(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.

(23):

(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.

(24):

(v. t.) To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.

(25):

(n.) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

(26):

(v. t.) To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

(27):

(v. t.) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.

(28):

(v. i.) To strike a ball above the center.

(29):

(v. i.) To rise at one end, as a yard; - usually with up.

(30):

(v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

(31):

(v. t.) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.

(32):

(v. t.) To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

(33):

(v. t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.

(34):

(n.) A stroke on the top of the ball.