Topographist
(To*pog"ra*phist) n. A topographer.
Topography
(To*pog"ra*phy) n. [F. topographie, Gr. a place + to write.] The description of a particular
place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description
in minute detail of any place or region.
Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description
of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. Brande & C.
Topology
(To*pol"o*gy) n. [Gr. place + - logy.] The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by
associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]
Toponomy
(To*pon"o*my) n. [Gr. place + to distribute.] The designation of position and direction. B.
G. Wilder.
Toppiece
(Top"piece`) n. A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
Topping
(Top"ping) a.
1. Rising above; surpassing.
2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud.
The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.
South. 3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.
Topping
(Top"ping), n.
1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.
2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.
Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Toppingly
(Top"ping*ly), adv. In a topping or proud manner.
Toppingly
(Top"ping*ly), a. Same as Topping, a., 3. [Obs.] "Topping quests." Tusser.
Topple
(Top"ple) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toppled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.] [From Top summit.] To
fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads.
Shak. Topple
(Top"ple), v. t. To throw down; to overturn.
He topple crags from the precipice.
Longfellow. Top-proud
(Top"-proud`) a. Proud to the highest degree. [R.] "This top-proud fellow." Shak.
Top-rope
(Top"-rope`) n. (Naut.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
Topsail
(Top"sail`) n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a
mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged
vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
