English-Thai Dictionary

topping

N สิ่ง ที่ ใช้ แต่งหน้า อาหาร  icing overlooking sing-ti-chai-tok-tang-ar-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOPPING

ppr. Covering the top; capping; surpassing; cropping; lopping. 1. a. Fine; gallant.
[But Johnson's definition is probably incorrect. ]
2. Proud; assuming superiority. [This is the sense in which the common people of N. England use the word, and I believe the true sense, but it is not elegant. ]

 

TOPPING

n.In seamen's language, the act of pulling one extremity of a yard higher than the other.

 

TOPPING-LIFT

n.A large strong tackle employed to suspend or top the outer end of a gaff, or of the boom of a main-sail, in a brig or schooner.

 

TOPPINGLY

adv. Proudly; with airs of disdain. [Not an elegant word, nor much used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOPPING

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.

 

TOPPING

TOPPING Top "ping, n.

 

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

 

2. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

 

3. pl.

 

Defn: 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.

 

TOPPINGLY

TOPPINGLY Top "ping *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a topping or proud manner.

 

TOPPINGLY

TOPPINGLY Top "ping *ly, a.

 

Defn: Same as Topping, a., 3. [Obs. ] "Topping quests." Tusser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

topping

top ping |ˈtäpiNG ˈtɑpɪŋ | ▶noun a layer of food poured or spread over a base of a different type of food to add flavor: a cake with a marzipan topping. ▶adjective Brit. informal, dated excellent: that really is a topping dress.

 

topping lift

top ping lift ▶noun a rope or cable on a sailing vessel that supports the weight of a boom or yard and can be used to lift it.

 

Oxford Dictionary

topping

top |ping |ˈtɒpɪŋ | ▶adjective Brit. informal, dated excellent: that really is a topping dress. ▶noun a layer of food poured or spread over a base of a different type of food to add flavour.

 

topping lift

top |ping lift ▶noun a rope or cable on a sailing boat that supports the weight of a boom or yard and can be used to lift it.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

topping

t ó p ping 名詞 U C 1 (ケーキ ピザなどの )トッピング ; 上にかけるもの 〘クリーム, ソース, ドレッシングなど 〙.2 上部を取り除くこと ; (取り除かれた )頂部, 上部 .形容詞 1 最高の, 一流の .2 ｟英 くだけて 古 ｠すばらしい (excellent ).