Top \Top\, v. t.
   1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in
      the past participle.
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            Like moving mountains topped with snow. --Waller.
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            A mount
            Of alabaster, topped with golden spires. --Milton.
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   2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
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            Topping all others in boasting.       --Shak.
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            Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. --Shak.
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   3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
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            But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.
                                                  --Denham.
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   4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
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            Top your rose trees a little with your knife.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   5. To perform eminently, or better than before.
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            From endeavoring universally to top their parts,
            they will go universally beyond them. --Jeffrey.
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   6. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
      becomes higher than the other.
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   7. (Dyeing) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline
      black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.
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   8. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
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   9. To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top. [Cant]
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   10. To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in
       jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.
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   11. To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing
       certain individuals or breeds with other superior.
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   12. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
       becomes higher than the other.
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   13. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel
       ingot) to remove unsound metal.
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   14. (Golf) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to
       make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.
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   To top off,
       (a) to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or
           uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay;
           hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.
       (b) to completely fill (an almost full tank) by adding
           more of the liquid it already contains.
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