Tope

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The Wren.

II. Tope ·noun A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.

III. Tope ·vi To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

IV. Tope ·noun A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

V. Tope ·noun A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania;

— called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.