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Topping
·adj Fine; gallant.
II. Topping ·adj Rising above; surpassing.
III. Topping ·adj Hence, assuming s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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topping
Fine; gallant; proud; assuming superiority.--Johnson. Webster. In New England much used among the co...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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topping
Pretentious; as, topping the officer; also, fine, gallant, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cove
·noun A concave molding.
II. Cove ·noun A boy or man of any age or station.
III. Cove ·vt To brood...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cove
A man, a fellow, a rogue. The cove was bit; the rogue was outwitted. The cove has bit the cole; the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cove
a part of a building so called ; Kent. Also a little harbour for boats. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cove
An inlet in a coast, sometimes extensive, as the Cove of Cork. In naval architecture, the arched mou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rum topping
A rich commode, or woman's head-dress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping fellow
One at the top or head of his profession.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping cheat
The gallows. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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topping man
A rich man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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boot-topping
The old operation of scraping off the grass, slime, shells, &c., which adhere to the bottom, near th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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topping-lifts
Those lifts which support a spar, davit, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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abram cove
A cant word among thieves, signifying a naked or poor man; also a lusty, strong rogue.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bene cove
A good fellow. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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college cove
The College cove has numbered him, and if he is knocked down he'll be twisted; the turnkey of Newgat...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flogging cove
The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gentry cove
A gentleman. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mace cove
A swindler, a sharper, a cheat. On the mace; to live by swindling.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milling cove
A boxer. How the milling cove served the cull out; how the boxer beat the fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cove
A rogue. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rattling cove
A coachman. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rum cove
A dexterous or clever rogue.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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smacking cove
A coachman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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davit-topping-lift
A rope made fast to the outer end of a davit, and rove through a block made fast to a vessel's mast ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gentry cove ken
A gentleman's house. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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arch of the cove
An elliptical moulding sprung over the cove of a ship, at the lower part of the taffrail.
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The Sailor's Word-Book