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An andiron with a knob at the top. Bacon.

The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

t of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

Topollute. [Obs.] Skelton.

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis." Milton.

The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it "San Salvador"; -- called also Discovery Day. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.…

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. Bentley.

ithin the capacity of a voice or instument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. Shak.

c., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. Sir M. Hale.…

An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to mak…

A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.

yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

Any small bracket; also, a console table. Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.

To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

of all the lands of a kingdom. Graunt. Table of contents, or Contents, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary.

e outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. -- Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.

The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra

Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.] A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.