Definition of top

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Top (n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft..

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Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Wear :: Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like..
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Nutant :: Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.
Stereopticon :: Stereoplasm (n.) The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm.
Topple :: Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..
Top-dressed :: Top-dressed (imp. & p. p.) of Top-dres.
Topping :: Topping (a.) Hence, assuming superiority; proud..
Protophytology :: Protophytology (n.) Paleobotany.
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing..
Top :: Top (n.) Eve; verge; point.
Chromatophore :: Chromatophore (n.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods..
Prompt :: Prompt (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten..
Entoprocta :: Entoprocta (n. pl.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..
Gem :: Gem (n.) A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel..
Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..
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