Top"mast (?), n. (Naut.) The second mast, or that which is next above
the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.
Top"most` (?), a. Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the
topmost branch of a tree.
The nightngale may claim the topmost bough.
Cowper.
To*pog"ra*pher (?), n. [Cf. F. topographe, Cr. &?; .] One who is
skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular
place, town, city, or tract of land.
Dante is the one authorized topographer of the mediæval hell.
Milman.
{ Top`o*graph"ic (?), a. Top`o*graph"ic*al (?), }[Cf. F.
topographique.] Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.
— Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Topographical map. See under Cadastral. — Topographical surveying. See
under Surveying.
To*pog"ra*phist (?), n. A topographer.
To*pog"ra*phy (?), n. [F. topographie, Gr. &?;; &?; a place + &?; to
write.] The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or
tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and
description in minute detail of any place or region.
Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished
from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for
geography, the description of the earth or of countries. Brande & C.
To*pol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; place + - logy.] The art of, or method
for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be
remembered with some place. [R.]
To*pon"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; place + &?; to distribute.] The
designation of position and direction. B. G. Wilder.
Top"piece` (?), n. A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
Top"ping (?), a. 1. Rising above; surpassing.