1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, or Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; — called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
TOPE Tope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toped; p. pr. & vb. n. Toping.] Etym: [F. tôper to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, tôpe agreed !; — perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term, probably at first in accepting a toast.]
Defn: To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous
liquors to excess.
If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.
TOPEK
To"pek, n. [Eskimo tupek.]
Defn: An ESkimo house made of material other than snow, esp. one having walls of turf, driftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region.
TOPER
To"per, n.
Defn: One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.