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.

Top"ping, n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

3. pl. 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.

Top"ping, n. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly.

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.

Top"ping, n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

3. pl. 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.

Top"ping, n. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly.