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. © Webster 1913
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. © Webster 1913
Top"ping, n. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly. © Webster 1913
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