Category:Topping

Top"ping, a.

1. Rising above; surpassing.

2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud. The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of The world. South.

3. Fine; gallant. [slang] johnson.

Topping Top"ping, n.

1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2. (naut.)

Defn: the act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the Other.

3. pl.

Defn: that which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. Topping lift (naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top The end of a gaff, or of a boom.