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Tope   /toʊp/   Listen
verb
Tope  v. i.  (past & past part. toped; pres. part. toping)  To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. "If you tope in form, and treat."


noun
Tope  n.  A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.


Tope  n.  A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope. (India)


Tope  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus galeus syn. 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.
(Zool.) The wren. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Tope" Quotes from Famous Books



... his Dickens as he should, Enjoys a double pleasure in this place; He loves to walk its ancient streets, and trace The scenes where Dickens' characters have stood. He reads The Mystery of Edwin Drood In Jasper's Gatehouse, and, with Tope as guide, Explores the old cathedral, Durdles' pride; Descends into the Crypt, and even would Ascend the Tower by moonlight, thence to see Fair Cloisterham reposing at his feet, And passing out, he almost hopes ...
— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes
... importance are of ancient date. Even when, as in France in 1789, this class seems to be exclusive, each half century introduces into it new families; judges, governors, rich businessmen or bankers who have risen to the tope of the social ladder through the wealth they have acquired or through the important offices they have filled; and here, in the medium thus constituted, the statesman and wise counselor of the people, the independent and able politician is most naturally developed.—Because, ...
— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) - The French Revolution, Volume 1 (of 3) • Hippolyte A. Taine
... of season! 'Tis not thirst but better reason Bids you tope on steadily!— Pass the wine-cup, let it be Filled and filled for bout on bout Never sleep! Racy jest and song flash out! ...
— Wine, Women, and Song - Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse • Various
... maiden kisses me I'll think that I the Sultan be; And when my cheery glass I tope, I'll fancy then I am ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... know you, now!" screamed the widow, at the tope of her voice; "and you can no longer deceive me, unworthy son of Neptune as you are! You are unfit to be a lubber, and would be log-booked for an or'nary by every gentleman on board ship. You, a full-jiggered sea-man! No, ...
— Jack Tier or The Florida Reef • James Fenimore Cooper


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