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and v. See tu - whoo. toozle (tö'zl), v. t. A dialectal variant of tousle. toozoo (tö-zö′), n. [Imitative.] The cushat or ring-dove, Columba palumbus. [Prov. Eng.] top1 (top), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also toppe; Sc. tap; top Hence, from Teut., OF. tope, dim. toupet, F. tou pet, tuft of hair, crest, top, knob, = Sp. tope = It. toppo, end. Cf. tip1.] I. n. 1. A tuft or crest on the apex or summit of anything, as a helmet, the head, etc.; hence, the hair of the head; especially, the forelock. His top was dokked lyk a preest beforn. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 590. Let's take the instant by the forward top . Shak., All's Well, v. 3. 39. 2. Any bunch of hair, fibers, or filaments; specifically, in woolen - manuf., a bundle of long-staple combed wool-slivers, ready for the spinner, and weighing 14 pounds. A toppe of flax, de lin le to up. Rel. Antiq . (ed. Hall i well and Wright), II. 78. This long fibre,... which is called the top in the worsted manufacture. W. C. Bramwell , Wool-Carding, p. 27. 3. The crown of the head, or the upper surface of the head back of the forehead; the vertex or sinciput. Thou take hym by the toppe and I by the tayle; A so row full songe in faith he shall singe. Chester Plays, ii. 176. ( Hall i well .) All the starred vengeance of heaven fall On her ingrateful top ! Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 165. 4. The highest or uppermost part of anything; the most elevated end or point; the summit; the apex. Tieres the Plowman al the place me shewed, And bad me toten on the tree on toppe and on rote. Piers Plowman (B), xvi. 22. Their statues are very fairely erected in Alabaster vppon the toppe of the monument. Coryat, Crudities, 1. 52. And long the way appears,. And high the mountain- tops , in cloudy air, The mountain- tops where is the throne of Truth. M. Arnold, Thyrsis. Specifically-(a) The head or upper part of a plant, especially the above-ground part of plants yielding root crops: as, potato- tops , turnip- tops ; in phar ., the newer growing parts of a plant. If the buds are made our food, they are called heads, or tops ; so cabbage heads, heads of asparagus and artichoke. Watts , Logic, I. vi. § 3. The fruits and tops of juniper are the only officinal parts. U. S. Dispensatory , 14th ed., p. 827. (b) The upper part of a shoe. Compare def. 13 and top - boot . He has tops to his shoes up to his mid leg. Farquhar , Beaux' Stratagem, iii. 1. [Rare.] (c) The upper end or source; head waters, as of a river. The third navigable river is called Top pah a nock.... At the top of it inhabit the people called Mannahoacks amongst the mountaines. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 117. (d) The upper side; the surface. Such trees as spread their roots near the top of the ground. Bacon . (e) pl. The collection of a few copies of each sheet of a printed book placed on the top of a pile of such printed 5. That which is first or foremost. (a) The beginning: noting time. [Rare.] In thende of Octob'r, or in the toppe Of Novemb'r in the lande is hem to stoppe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 96. (b) That which comes first in the natural or the accepted order; the first or upper part; the head: as, the top of a page; the top of a column of figures. Cade. What is thy name? Clerk. Emmanuel. Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 107. Ralph left her at the top of Regent Street, and turned down a by-thoroughfare. Dickens , Nicholas Nickle by, x. (c) The most advanced or prominent part; the highest part, place, rank, grade, or the like. Take a boy from the top of a grammar school, and one of the same age, bred in his father's family,...and see which of the two will have the more manly carLocke, Education, § 70. riage. Home was head; his brilliant composition and thorough IMG:content-0579.png:[blocks in formation] He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine the French King's daughter. Knolles, Hist. of the Turks. ( Latham .) 7. The highest point or degree; pinnacle; zenith; climax. What valiant foemen, like to autumn's corn, Have we mow'd down in tops of all their pride! Shak., 3 Hen VI., v. 7. 4. Thus by that Noise without, and this within, She summon'd was unto the top of fear. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iv. 215. IMG:content-0580.png:[blocks in formation] top What is this That... wears upon his baby-brow the round And top of sovereignty? Shak ., Macbeth, iv. 1. 89. He was a Roman, and the top of honour. Fletcher (and another ), False One, ii. 1. The top of woman! all her sex in abstract! B. Jonson, Devil is an A , iv. 1. 9. Naut., a sort of platform surrounding the head of the lower mast on all sides. It serves to extend the topmast-shrouds. The tops are named after the respective masts to which they belong, as maintop, foretop, and mizzen top. See cut under lubber. In the morning we descried from the top eight sail Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 6. astern of us. 10. The cover of a carriage. In coaches it is a permanent cover;; in barouches and landaus it is a double calash; in gigs, phaëtons, etc., it is a calash. 11. That part of a cut gem which is between the girdle or extreme margin and the table or flat face. E. H. Knight. -12. pl. Buttons washed or plated with gold, silver, tin, etc., on the face or front side only: when the whole is thus treated, they are called all -overs. [Trade-name.] 13. Same as top - boot: especially in the plural: as, a pair of tops. [Colloq.] To stand in a bar,... in a green coat, knee-cords, and tops. Dickens , Pickwick, xiv. It was a kind of festive occasion, and the parties were attired accordingly. Mr. Weller's tops were newly cleaned, and his dre was arranged with peculiar care. 6384 the top tool is held above the work, and is struck with a sledge by another workman. -Top burton. See burton. - Top cover, the upper or front cover of a book. [Eng.] -Top edge, the head or upper edge of a book. [Eng.]Top rib, in gun - making. See rib1, 2 (1). - Top side. Same as top cover. IMG:content-0581.png:[blocks in formation] To top over tailt, to turn heels over head. See top over IMG:content-0582.png:[blocks in formation] R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xxxvii. The Century , XXVI. 376. The sun was just topping the maples. 6. To pa over; leap; clear. Many a green dog would endeavour to take a meuse instead of topping the brambles, thereby po ibly splitting The Field, March 19, 1887. ( Encyc. Dict.) a claw. Dickens, Pickwick, lv. 14. The end-piece of a jointed fishing-rod; the tip; also, the topping or mounting at the end of this piece, usually made of bell-metal, agate, car- nelian, etc.-15. A method of cheating at dice in vogue about the beginning of the eighteenth century. Both dice seemed to be put into the box, but in reality one was kept at the top of the box between the fingers of the person playing. - At the top of one's lungs. See lung .-Bow top. See bow 2. - Captains of tops. See captain. From top to toe, from head to foot; hence, wholly; entirely; throughout. Be-hold me how that I ame tourne, For I ame rente fro tope to to. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 95. Lop and top. See lop2 . - On top of, superimposed on. -To cry on (or in) the top oft, to speak with greater force or importance than; overrule. It was as I received it, and others, whose judgements in such matters cried in the top of mine-an excellent play. Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 459. Top and butt, in ship - building, a method of working long tapering planks, by laying their broad and narrow ends alternately fore-and-aft, lining a piece off every broad end the whole length of the shifting. It is adopted principally for ceiling. Sometimes used attributively: as, " top and butt fashions," The arle, Naval Arch., § 213. - Top and tailt, everything; beginning and end. IMG:content-0583.png:[blocks in formation] My Lady Dedlock has been able tree. at the top of the fashion Dickens, Bleak House, ii. Top over tailt, heels over head; topsyturvy. Happili to the hinde he hit thanne formest, & set hire a sad str ok so sore in the necke That sche top ouer tail tombled ouer the hacches. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2776. Top-road bridge. See bridge . - Tops-and-bottoms, small rolls of dough baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, used as food for infants. Simmonds . 'Tis said that her tops and bottoms were gilt, Like the oats in that Stable-yard Palace built For the horse of Helio gab alus. Hood, Mi Kilmansegg, Her Birth. II. a. 1. Being at the top; uppermost; highest; foremost; first; chief; principal. These twice-six colts had pace so swift, they ran Upon the top -ayles of corn ears, nor bent them any whit. Chapman , Iliad, xx. 211. The fine Berinthia, one of the Top -Characters, is impudent and Profane. Jeremy Collier , Short View (ed. 1698), p. 219. The humble a serves the poorer sort of people, there being only a few of the top families in the city [of Scio] who use horses. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 9. Aniline colours used alone remained in fashion for a short time only, but are now usefully employed as top colours-namely, brushed in very dilute solution over vegetable colours. Workshop Receipts , 2d ser., p. 236. 2. Greatest; extreme. Setting out at top speed, he soon overtook him. H. Brooke , Fool of Quality, I. ( Davies .) 3. Prime; good; capital: as, top ale. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] - The top notch. See notch. Top and bottom tools, striking-tools, such as chisels or punches and swages. The bottom tools have generally square tangs to fit into the square opening in the anvil, and the operator holds the work upon the bottom tool, while 7. To surpa ; outdo. If this letter speed, And my invention thrive, Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate. Shak ., Lear, 1. 2. 21. 8. To take off the top of. Specifically - (a) To remove the top or end from (a plant); especially, to crop, as a tree or plant, by cutting off the growing top, or before ripening (as, in the case of tobacco, to increase the size of the remaining leaves, or, with maize, to hasten the ripening, etc.). What tree if it be not topped beareth any fruite? Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 127. Per i an der, being consulted with how to preserve a tyranny newly usurped,... went into his garden and top ped all the highest flowers. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. (b) To snuff (a candle): said also of burning off the long end of a new wick. Hall i well ; De Vere . [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] Top the candle, sirrah; methinks the light burns blue. Middle ton, Your Five Gallants, i. 1. (c) See the quotation. Harder tempers of steel, containing 0.7 per cent. of carbon and upwards, settle down after teeming, leaving a hollow or funnel-shaped tube or pipe at the top of the ingot, which requires to be broken off, or the ingot topped, as it is called, before working the same. W. H. Greenwood , Steel and Iron, p. 424. 9. Naut ., to raise one end, as of a yard or boom, higher than the other.-10. To hang. Tuft's Glo ary of Thieves' Jargon (1798). [Thieves' slang.] Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was topped. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, III. 387. 11. To tup; cover. Shak., Othello, v. 2. 136.Topping the dice. See top1, n., 15. To top off. (a) To complete by putting on the top or uppermost part of: as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to finish; put the finishing touch to. A heavy sleep evolved out of sauerkraut, sausages, and cider, lightly topped off with a mountain of crisp waffles. The Century , XLI. 47. (bt) To take or to off; drink off. Its no heinous offence (beleeve me) for a young man to hunt harlots, to toppe of a canne roundly; its no great fault to breake open dores. Terence in English (1614). ( Nares .) To top one's part, to do one's part with zeal and succe ; outdo one's self. Well, Jenny, you topp'd your part , indeed.