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d; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.…

Cowardly. [Obs.] " A base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia).

The top of the head, or the head itself. We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. Beau & Fl.

Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

The ridge or top of wave. Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. Sir W. Scott.

An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. The antlers and the crockets. W. Black.

A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]

The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.

he head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. Dryden.

A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell- shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

The top stone of the gable end of a house. Halliwell.

Top; summit; acme. R. North.

duce the vacuum in cupping. Cup and ball, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions. -- Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cup…

A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.

ows." Dryden. Then round her slender waist he curled. Dryden. Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope. Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. . 358

ones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his partner, which has been well laid before, or to strike off that of his antagonist. Pennant (Tour in Scotland. 1772). Curling i…