Definition of tope

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Tope (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / 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..

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Metope :: Metope (n.) The face of a crab.
Stop-gap :: Stopen (p. p.) Stepped; gone; advanced.
Toped :: Toped (imp. & p. p.) of Top.
Tosspot :: Tosspot (n.) A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
Turtledove :: Turtledove (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata)..
Lion''s Leaf :: Lion's leaf () A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap..
Topet :: Topet (n.) The European crested titmouse.
Drunkard :: Drunkard (n.) One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.
Monotriglyph :: Monotriglyph (n.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced..
Octopetalous :: Octopetalous (a.) Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Metope :: Metope (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature..
Tope :: Tope (n.) A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope..
Stopless :: Stoping (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Stoped :: Stope (v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps..
Onomatope :: Onomatope (n.) An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
Booser :: Booser (n.) A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.
Epiperipheral :: Epiperipheral (a.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral..
Strook :: Strontium (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years..
Toper :: Toper (n.) One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot..
Supernaculum :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers..
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