topic

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1. 1.An argument or reason. [Obs.] Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. Bp. Wilkins.
2. 2.The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.
3. 3.(Med.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] Wiseman.
4. 4.Topical. Drayton. Holland.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is an argument or reason. [Obs.] Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. Bp. Wilkins called?
• What is an external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] Wiseman called?