Top, Toppe, n. hair on the crown of the head, XV g 16; top, XVII 469; (of a ship = Topcastell), XVII 271; fro toppe to taile, from top to bottom, beginning to end, XVI 159. [OE. topp.]

Topcastell, n. fighting top, embattled platform at mast-top for archers, &c., VII 148, X 121. [Prec. + Castell, q.v.]

To-rett, pa. t. rent in pieces, II 81 (riming witt). [OE. tō- + ME. ritten, OE. *rittan.]

Torfer, n. hardship, VII 81. [ON. tor-fœ́ri.]

Torne. See Turne.

To-rochit, pp. torn to shreds, VII 147. [OE. tō- + *ryccan, pull (see Ryched).]

Totȝ. See Take(n).

Toþer, -ir, Toiþer, Touþer, adj. and pron. in þe toþer, &c., the other, I 181, VII 63, IX 4, X introd., XI b 104. [False division (not merely in spelling—see allit. at VII 63) of þet oþer; see Þe, def. art.] See Oþer(e), Ton.

To-þrete, v. to menace, XIV c 102. [OE. tō- + þrēatian.]

To-tore, To-torn, pp. torn (to pieces), II 106, 171, 173, 538. [OE. tō-teran, pp. tō-toren].