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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To excel; to rise above others.
(2): ( v. t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
(3): ( v. t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
(4): ( n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
(5): ( n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
(6): ( v. t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; - chiefly used in the past participle.
(7): ( v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
(8): ( v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
(9): ( n.) The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.
(10): ( n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
(11): ( n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
(12): ( n.) A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.
(13): ( v. i.) To predominate; as, topping passions.
(14): ( n.) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
(15): ( n.) The chief person; the most prominent one.
(16): ( n.) Top-boots.
(17): ( n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
(18): ( n.) Eve; verge; point.
(19): ( v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before.
(20): ( n.) The head, or upper part, of a plant.
(21): ( v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
(22): ( n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
(23): ( v. t.) To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; - said of a horse.
(24): ( v. t.) To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.
(25): ( n.) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
(26): ( v. t.) To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
(27): ( v. t.) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.
(28): ( v. i.) To strike a ball above the center.
(29): ( v. i.) To rise at one end, as a yard; - usually with up.
(30): ( v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
(31): ( v. t.) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.
(32): ( v. t.) To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
(33): ( v. t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.
(34): ( n.) A stroke on the top of the ball.
King James Dictionary [2]
TOP, n.
1. The highest part of any thing the upper end, edge or extremity as the top of a tree the top of a spire the top of a house the top of a mountain. 2. Surface upper side as the top of the ground. 3. The highest place as the top of preferment. 4. The highest person the chief. 5. The utmost degree.
The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work.
If you attain the top of your desires in fame--
6. The highest rank. Each boy strives to be at the top of his class, or at the top of the school. 7. The crown or upper surface of the head. 8. The hair on the crown of the head the forelock. 9. The head of a plant. 10. An inverted conoid which children play with by whirling it on its point, continuing the motion with a whip. 11. In ship-building, a sort of platform, surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sides. It serves to extend the shrouds, by which means they more effectually support the mast and in ships of war, the top furnishes a convenient stand for swivels and small arms to annoy the enemy.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
for which see Tip , is used of Jacob's staff, Hebrews 11:21 .
Matthew 27:51 Mark 15:38 John 19:23
