Definition of top

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Top (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other..

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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..
Firestone :: Firestone (n.) A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces..
Nutant :: Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.
Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..
Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen..
Rase :: Rase (n.) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it..
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Yellowtop :: Yellowtop (n.) A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.
Exoplasm :: Exoplasm (n.) See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm..
Octopetalous :: Octopetalous (a.) Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Toupet :: Toupet (n.) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig..
Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Toppingly :: Toppingly (a.) Same as Topping, a., 3..
Topful :: Topful (a.) Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull..
Busby :: Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder..
Haematoin :: Haematoin (n.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner..
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