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Show 0P T O l qu o g i n w b i n l th o ck If tothp makes th Lentifcis a beautiful ever-green, an Mortimer's I u_/l;.nd: belk toothpickers To/oTHSOMENESS. 7. /. [from foothfome. Pleafantnefs to the taite TooraworT 7.f. [dentaria, Lat. Miller plant p t x S o l W Tor. n. /. [fopp Dutc an Danith creft fopper The farre inferiour vale that underlies Who, like a great man rais'd aloft by fate Meafures his height by others mean eftate. Brogvn Here Sodom's tow'rs raife their proud fsps o high The tow'rgs a,s well as men outbrave the fky. Cozo/ Thou nor on the zop of old Olympus dwell'ft Milton One poor roof, made of poles meeting at th top, and covered with the bark of trees Heylyn That government which takes in the conien of the greateft number of the people, may juitl be faid to have the broadeft bottomj and if i terminate in the authority of one fingle perfon, i may be faid to have the narroweft 10p, and fo make the firmeft pyramid Temple Soup the fteepy hill with pai The weighty ftone is rowl'd in vain Which having touch'd the #p recoils And leaves the labourer to renew his toils (;I'zM"Uf//:‘ upon hills, and at th bottom only fuch as have fallen down from thei Woodward Plants that draw much nourithmen fro th earth hurt all things that grow by them, efpeciall fuch trees as fpread their roots near the top of th ground Bacon's Natural Hiftory Shallow brooks that flow'd fo clear The bottom did the top appear Dryden 3 The highett place He that will not fet himfelf proudly at the zg of all things, but will confider the immenfity o this fabrick, may think that in other manfion Gt may be other and different intelligent beings Locke What muft he expect, when he feeks for pre_fe'mem,butuniverfal oppofition when he is mount1ng the ladder, and every hand ready to tur hi oft when he is at the top Saift 4 The higheft perfon , ., How would you be If he, which is the top of judz;ment, thoul Ut Judge you as you are Sbakqf‘peare's Meafure for Meafure 5+ The utmoft degree _Z?al being thy ¢ top and perfeltio of fo man religious affectio ns, the caufes of it muft be mof CMinent Spratt It you attain the to rhie c?f your defires in fame, al thofe who agnvy you will do yo work harm and o fmxre you few will do you good. Pope % of my ambition is to contribute to tha 6. Th highef rank Ta 8 X J 1s a per'lous boy L(\.L‘], quick, ingenious, forward, capable l‘{k: s all the mother's from the top to toe The hair o the forelock the crow Pope e 5 bo y fr m th, op of a grammar fchool aqd O o the fame ag :8; bred in his father's faiy, a g bring th 1nto good company together Shak of the head bud mad our foo Shakefpeare are calle head o Watts's Logick [Zep, Danifh. An inverted conoi which children fet to turn on the point continuing its motion with a whip Sinc I pluckt geefe play'd truant an whip topy 1 knew not whatit was to be beaten till lately Shakefpeare For as whipp'd tops, and bandied balls The learned hold, are animals So horfes they affirm to b Mere engines made by geometry Hudibras As young ftriplings whip the zop for fport On the fmooth pavement of an empty court The wooden engine flies and whirls about Admir'd with clamours of the beardlefs rout Still hummingo Dryden their drowfy courfe they i;ccp And lafh'd fo long, like tops, are lafh'd afleep Pope A top may be ufed with propriety in a fimilitude by a Virgil, when the fun may be dithonoure by a Maevius Shake[peare the reft: why then fhould fuch a man tp me Where ther® is equality of kind, there thould b no diftin&ion of privilege Collier Top your rofe trees a little with your knife nea a leaf bud Ewelyn's Kalendar. Th' inaudible and noifelefs foot of tim 9. The head of a plant Come fhort of what he did 4. To crop For we are old, and on our quick'ft decree Steals, ere we can effe@t them He's poor in no one fault, but ftor'd with all -Efpecially, in pride -- And topping all others in boafting Shakefp So far he topp''d my thought ThatI in forgery of thapes and trick 1am, cries the envious, of the fame nature wit _ Let's take the inftant by the forward top 10 Vailing ber high rop lower than her ribs. Shake/p - He wears upon his baby bx:n\\' the roun bluzl‘:;/})m: e's flf.:f'{){//) And top of fovereignty Here is a mount, whofe roppe feems to defpif 2, The furface; the fuperficies All the ftor'd vengeances of heaven fal On her ingrateful top Shakefpeare's King Lear tops, as cabbage heads I fhould not fee the randy hour-ghfs run ButI thould think of fhallows and of .flags And fee my wealthy Andrew dock‘d. in 131‘1\! Marine bodies are foun The crown of the head Th Iflandick. 1. The higheft part of any thing Lockeon Education m,fm]\' carriage Some are good to be eaten while young, bu a r C O} S e t a \nothing toothfor 7 Palat To0THSOME. adj. [from tooth. . fi t t t fi e p able and then fee which of the two will have th mor .‘S:z;j-d_ys then make a toachpick L Broome 5. To rife to the top of If aught obftruét thy courfe, yet ftand:not fili But wind about till thou haft rozp'd the hill Denbant 6. To perform eminently: as, be tops Ai part This word, in this fenfe, is feldo ufed but on light or ludicrous occafions TOPARCH. 7. /. [ré#® and agyn] ‘1h principal man in a place They are not to be conceived potent monarchs, but toparchs, or kings of narrow territories Brown's Pulgar Errours To'ParRcHY. n. /. [from teparch. Command in a {mall difiriét To'paz. n. [. [topafe, Fr. topazius, lo Lat.] A yellow gem The golden ftone is the yellow topaz Bacon's Natural Hiffory Can blazing carbuncles with her compare The tophas fent from fcorched Meroe Or pearls prefented by the Indian fea Sandys's Paraph. With light's own fmile the yellow 7opaz burns. Thomfon 11. Z0p is fometimes ufed as an adjective | 70 TOPE. w. 7. [#op/f, German, an earthe pot 5 toppen, Dutch, to be mad to exprefs lying on the top, or being a Skinne the top The top frones laid in clay are kept together 7o Tor w. n [from the noun. Mortimer 1. To rife aloft; to be eminent Thofe long ridges of lofty and topping mountain which run eaft and weft, ftop the evagation of th vapours to the north and fouth in hot countries Derbam's Phyfico-Theology Some of the letters diftinguifh themfelves fro the reit, and rop it over their fellows; thefe ar to be confidered as letters and as cyphers Addifon on Medals 2. To predominate The thoughts of the mind are uninterruptedl employed by the determinations of the will, influenced by that tepping uneafinefs while it lafts Locke g olexcel But write thy beft and #¢p, and in each lin Sir Formal's oratory will be thine Dryden Zo Tor v. a 1. To cover on the top ; to tip; to defen or decorate with fomething extrinfick o the upper part I'be glorious temple rear' Her pile, far oft appearing like a moun Of alabafter, topp'd with golden fpires To him the faireft nymphs do tho Milton #aller Lilke moving mountains topt with fnow There are other churches in the town, and tw or three palaces, which are of a more moder make, and built with a good fancy 3 I was thow the little Notre Dame; that is handfomely defigned, and topp'd with a cupola Addifon Top the bank with the bottom of the ditch Mortimer 2. 'To rife above A gourd planted by a large pine,. climbing b the boughs twined about them, till it tgpped and coL' Efirange vered the tree 3. To outgo; to furpafs prefers the latter etymology ; zoper, Fr. T'o drink hard ; to drink to excefs If you tope in form and treat *Tis the four fauce to the fweet meat The fine you pay for being great To'PER 7. /. [from tope. TorruL a‘{j Dryden A drunkard [MP andf""- top; full to the brim. Full to th *Tis wonderfu What may be wrought out of their difcontent Now that their fouls are zapfu/ of offence Shakefpeare Till a confiderable part of the air was drawn ou of the receiver, the tube continued topfal of wate as at firft Boyle One was ingenious in his thoughts, and brigh in his language; but fo topfu/ of himfelf, that h let it {pill on all the company Watts's Iniprovement of the Mind Fill the largeft tankard-cup ropful S Torca'vvanT n / [top and gallant. 1. The higheft fail 2. It is proverbially applied to any thin elevated or fplendid A rofe grew out of another, like. honeyfucklas called top and topgallants I. dare appea fparks Torua'cEaus Bacon's Natural Hiffor to.the confciences of topgaliant L' Eftrange adj. [from tophus, Latin. Gritty ; ftony Acids mixed with them ‘precipitate a tophaceous chalky matter, but not a cheefy fubftance A4ré TorPHE AVY. adj. [t0p and beavy.] Having the upper part too weighty for th lower A roof fhould not be too heavy nor too light but of the two extremes a houfe topheawy is th worft Wotton's ArchiteGiure Topheaw drones, an alway locking down Ass over-ballafted within the crown Mutt'ring betwixt their lips fome myftick thing Dryden Thet |
