7. (Naut.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and
projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus
strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place
for the men aloft. Totten.
8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from
which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] "He was upon the top of his marriage with
Magdaleine." Knolles.
10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the
table, or flat upper surface. Knight.