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tope

-1 n. சிற சுறாமீன் வகை.-3 n. புத்ததூபி, கூம்புமாடம்.-4 v. மட்டுமீறிக் குடி.


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, n. Etym: [Tamil tppu.] Defn: A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth. Tope, n. 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, 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. 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, n. Etym: [Tamil tppu.] Defn: A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth. Tope, n. 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, 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. 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, n. Etym: [Tamil tppu.] Defn: A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth. Tope, n. 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, 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.


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