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Toping
(gcide) | Tope \Tope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toped (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Toping.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at
dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe 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.]
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous
liquors to excess.
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If you tope in form, and treat. --Dryden.
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stoping
(encz) | stoping,rubání n: Zdeněk Brožstoping,rubání rudy Zdeněk Brož |
Stoping
(gcide) | Stope \Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stoping.] (Mining)
(a) To excavate in the form of stopes.
(b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore
has been worked out.
[1913 Webster] StopeStoping \Stop"ing\, n. (Mining)
The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
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