English English Dictionary
Dictionary
of Topsman
The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.
A variety of the bonnet monkey.
See Toque, 1.
A tower; a turret.
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
Alt. of Torase
To scratch to pieces.
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
Same as Torque, 1.
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
A flashlight.
One whose office it is to carry a torch.
One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.
a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.