TOPE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument. often erected over a Buddhish relic.

2.
n.

A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth.

3.
n.

A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, or Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.

4.
n.

The wren. [Prov. Eng.]

5.
v.

To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.


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