Definition of top

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Top (n.) A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip..

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Kit :: Kit (m.) A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel..
Chaetopod :: Chaetopod (a.) Pertaining to the Chaetopoda.
Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..
Top-dressed :: Top-dressed (imp. & p. p.) of Top-dres.
Acrodont :: Acrodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
Crowstone :: Crowstone (n.) The top stone of the gable end of a house.
Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Boning :: Boning (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t..
Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Annelida :: Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda..
Top :: Top (v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only..
Over :: Over (adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart..
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