topfult (topful)

[ IMG:content-0592.png:[blocks in formation] topgallant topgallant (top'gal"ant; by sailors usually togal'ant), a. and n. I. a. 1. Being above the topmast and below the royal: applied to mast, sail, rigging, etc.-21. Topping; fine. Top - gallant he, and she in all her trim. Pope, Satires of Donne, iv. 230. II. n. 1. The topgallant mast, sail, or rigging of a ship. A goodly ship with banners bravely dight, And flag in her top - gallant , I Spenser , Visions of the World's Vanity, 1. 100. 2. Figuratively, any elevated part, place, etc. And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair; Which to the high top - gallant of my joy Must be my convoy in the secret night. Shak., R. and J., ii. 4. 202. 6386 or pertaining to such trimming. Topiary work is the clipping and trimming of trees and shrubs into regular or fantastic shapes. I was lead to a pretty garden, planted with hedges of a later nus, having at the entrance a skreene at an exceeding height, accurately cutt in topiary worke. Evelyn , Diary, March 25, 1644. [I. a . Formerly also topic. (top'ik), a. and n. topick , to pique ; F.to pique = Sp. tópico = Pg. It. topico , topic, local (in med. use), to- pic us , local, τοπικός , pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical, τόπος , a place. II. n. Formerly also topick , to pique , usually in pl.; to pique , pl. to piques , Sp. tópica = Pg. It. topic a , L. to- pica , neut. pl., the title of a work of Aristotle, Rolling topgallant sail. See rolling. - Top and top-Gr. τοπικά ( τὰ τοπικά, the books concerning gallant. See top1.- Topgallant-bulwarks. See quar ter-board.- Topgallant-forecastle. See forecastle. Topgallant-shrouds. See shroud2.