2. An argument or reason. [Obs.] Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. Bp. Wilkins.
3. The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.
4. (Med.)
Defn: An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] Wiseman.
TOPIC
Top"ic, a.
Defn: Topical. Drayton. Holland.
TOPICAL
Top"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. Topic, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (Rhet. & logic)
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.