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employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of wh…

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.

A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women. A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot. Sir W. Scott.

Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled. " The topless Apennines." "Topless fortunes." Beau. & Fl.

See Topsman, 2.

The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.

Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree. The nightngale may claim the topmost bough. Cowper.

One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land. Dante is the one authorized topographer of the mediæval hell. Milman.

Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. -- Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Topographical map. See under Cadastral. -- Topographical surveying. See under Surveying.

A topographer.

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.

The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]

The designation of position and direction. B. G. Wilder.

A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.

A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- To*pon"y*mal (#), Top`o*nym"ic (#), Top`o*nym"ic*al (#), a.

trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.

One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.:

A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.

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