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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Topping

Tōp'ping, p. a.

participial adjective

p. a. 1. Rising above; surpassing.

  1. Hence, assuming superiority; proud. “The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.” South.
  2. Fine; gallant. Johnson.

Tōp'ping, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

  1. (Naut.) The act of pulling one extremity of a yard higher than the other.
  2. (pl.) That which comes from the hemp in the act of hatcheling. Craig.