Defn: The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
TOP-DRESS Top"-dress`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Top-dressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Top- dressing.]
Defn: To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
TOP-DRESSING
Top"-dress`ing, n.
Defn: The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
TOPE
Tope, n. Etym: [Probably from Skr. stpa a tope, astupa, through
Prakrin tppo.]
Defn: A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument. often erected over a Buddhish relic.
TOPE
Tope, n. Etym: [Tamil tppu.]
Defn: A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth.
TOPE
Tope, n.