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[Eng. tooth, s.; -ing.] 1. Bot.: A tooth. 2. Build .: Bricks left projecting at the end of a wall for the purpose of building on an addition thereto. 2. Dentaria bulbifera. 3. Cap sell a bursa - pastor is. are laid acro the trestle-trees, the latter being supported by cheeks se *tooth-, a . [Eng. tooth , s.; -y.] Toothed; havcured to the sides of ing teeth. "Let the green hops lie lightly; next expand The smoothest surface with the toothy rake." Smart: Hop Garden , il. IMG:content-1228.png:[blocks in formation] (toy).] [TUFT.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language : the mast below the head. The top serves to form an extended base for securing the lower ends of the topmast shrouds, and is also a place of rest for the men aloft. The tops are named after the respective masts to which they belong, as the main-, fore-, and mizzen-tops. 2. Joinery: The uppermost piece in the back of a chair. Mast, showing Top. 3. Rope - making : A plug with three grooves used to regulate the twist of a rope when three strands are being laid up (twisted). 4. Wool - manuf .: A narrow bundle of slivers long-stapled wool, containing a pound and a half. The slivers are made by a pair of combs. B. As adj .: Being on or at the top or summit; highest, extreme. "Setting out at top speed."- H. Brooke: Fool of Qual tty, i. 364. (1) Color-top: A form of top modified for color elevated or uppermost point; the summit. "On the top of the mountain." 2. The surface, the upper side. "Such trees as spread their roots near the top of the ground."- Bacon : Nat . Hist. 3. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the forelock. On her ungrateful top ." Shakesp .: Lear, ii. 4. 4. The head or upper part of a plant; as, the turnip tops . 5. The highest place or rank; the most honorable position; as, to be at the top of one's cla or pro- 6. The highest person; the chief, the head. "How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are?" Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , ii. 2. 7. The utmost degree; the highest point; the acme. , "Our griefs are risen to the top." Shakesp.: Pericles, ii. 4. with a point, pa ing through a heavy, flat disc, which spins a long time when set in motion. Discs of colored card are then cut with one radial slit to a hole in the center, which slips over the spindle of the top; thus different colors can be superposed so as to show sectors of each in any proportions, and the persistence of vision presents to the eye the effect of the mixture when the top is spun. (2) Top and butt : Ship build .: A mode of working plank which does not maintain its width from end to end. The top of one plank and the butt of the other are worked together so that the two layers make a double breadth of even width. *(3) Top and top - gallant : In full array; in full fig; in full force. "Top and top- gallant , all in brave array." Peele : Battle of Alcazar , iii. 3. (4) Top of the tree : The highest position in a profe ion or the like. (5) Tops - and - bottoms : Small rolls of dough baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, used as food for infants. (6) To the top of one's bent: To the utmost that one's inclination or bias will permit. IMG:content-1229.jpg:[blocks in formation] top-annual, s . Ichthy.: Phrynorhombus unimaculatus , ranging Scots Law : An annual rent from a house built in from the Mediterranean to the shores of Britain. a burgh. ( Ogilvie .) top-armor, s. Naut .: A top railing with posts and netting on the top-sides. top-beam, 8. A collar-beam (q. v.).