Topping \Top"ping\, n. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Top \Top\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.]

1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. --Derham.

2. To predominate; as, topping passions. ``Influenced by topping uneasiness.'' --Locke.

3. To excel; to rise above others.

But write thy, and top. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Topping \Top"ping\, a.

1. Rising above; surpassing.

2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud.

The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. --South.

3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] --Johnson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Topping \Top"ping\, n.

1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.

Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)