topping-lifts

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• lifts

  Ropes which reach from each mast-head to their respective yard-arms to steady and suspend the ends. ...

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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

• 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.

• topping

  Pretentious; as, topping the officer; also, fine, gallant, &c. ...

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• lower-lifts

  The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...

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• standing-lifts

  Ropes from the mast-heads to the ends of the upper yards, to keep them square and steady when the sa...

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• rum topping

  A rich commode, or woman's head-dress. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping fellow

  One at the top or head of his profession. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping cheat

  The gallows. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping cove

  The hangman. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping man

  A rich man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• boot-topping

  The old operation of scraping off the grass, slime, shells, &c., which adhere to the bottom, near th...

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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 ...

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