TOPPING

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Rising above; surpassing.

2.
a.

Hence, assuming superiority; proud. The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. South.

3.
a.

Fine; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

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

6.
n.

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.

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