Tops-and-bottoms
(Tops"-and-bot`toms) n. pl. Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then
browned in an oven, — used as food for infants.
'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt.
Hood. Top-shaped
(Top"-shaped`) a. Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
Top-shell
(Top"-shell`) n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus
Trochus, or family Trochidæ.
Topsman
(Tops"man) n.; pl. Topsmen
1. The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. P. Cyc.
2. The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman. Simmonds.
Topsoil
(Top"soil`) n. The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
Topsoiling
(Top"soil`ing), n. (Engin.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation
or embankment is begun.
Topstone
(Top"stone`) n. A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
