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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Topped [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. TOP'PED

2. TOP'PING, participle present tense Covering the top; capping; surpassing; cropping; lopping.

Topped [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Fine; gallant.

2. [But Johnson's definition is probably incorrect.]

Topped [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. England use the word, and I believe the true sense, but it is not elegant.]

2. In seamen's language, the act of pulling one extremity of a yard higher than the other.

Topped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913