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▪ I. † toppet1 Obs. [ME. topet, app. a. OF. topet, toupet (12–13th c.) tuft, dim. of top, toup top, crest: in Eng. perh. eventually taken as dim. of top n.1] Top, summit, tip.1439 in Archæologia XXI. 37, ij Salers of Gold, whereof y{supt} oon ys a man..garnysshed w{supt} vij rubees and vij troches, ...
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tappet
▪ I. tappet (ˈtæpɪt) Also 8–9 tapit, 9 tapet, tappit, tabbot. [app. f. tap v.2 + -et1; but the use of the suffix is abnormal. Cf. mod.F. tapette a flat piece of wood for driving in corks.] A projecting arm or part in a machine, which by the movement of the latter comes intermittently into contact wi...
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tapnet
ˈtapnet, † topnet [In 16th c. topnet, app. altered from toppet (tappet) q.v. Cf. tap n.3] A basket made of rushes, in which figs (formerly also raisins, etc.) are imported; also a conventional measure of quantity; = frail n.1α 1524 in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 535/4 [Figs] Topnets. 1537 in J. H. B...
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top
▪ I. top, n.1 (tɒp) Forms: 1 top, 3–6, (?) 7 toppe, pl. toppes, 4–6 tope, 4–7 topp, 6– Sc. and north. tap, 3– top. [OE. top (topp-), Com. WGer. and Norse; = OFris. topp (WFris. top, NFris. top, tup), OLG. *topp (MDu., Du. top(p), MLG., LG. top), OHG. (MHG., Ger.) zopf top, summit, a crest or tuft of...
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