A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and
projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus
strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place
for the men aloft.

A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the
noils, or dust, have been taken out.

The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost
attainable place; as, to be at the top of one’s class, or at the top of
the school.

The head, or upper part, of a plant.

The chief person; the most prominent one.

The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on
its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of
twisting.

i., s. tepe, zirve, en yüksek mertebe, üst kısım, en üst, en fazla. I live on the top floor. (En üst katta oturuyorum.)

The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or
extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid;
as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the
top of the ground.

The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.