topping

Definitions

1. 1.Hence, assuming superiority; proud. The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. South.
2. 2.Fine; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.
3. 3.The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.
4. 4.(Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
5. 5.pl. 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.

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

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