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n.
The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.
adv.
Upside down; topsy-turvy.
n.
The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidae. Some of the species are called also topshells.
n.
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
n.
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
pl.
of Topsman
n.
A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.
n.
A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.
n.
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
n.
The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
n.
The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.
n.
A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
v.
A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
n.
The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
n.
A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
n.
See Topsman, 2.
n.
An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.
adv.
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
n. pl.
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.
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