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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Tope

/(tōp)/ · IPA /toʊp/
01 n. A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
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    A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
02 n. A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.
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    A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.[India]
03 n. A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus galeus syn. Galeus galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania…
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    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.(Zool.) Also: toper, oil shark, miller's dog, penny dog
  2. 2.
    The wren.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
04 v. i. To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
imp. & p. p. Toped; p. pr. & vb. n. Toping
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    To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
    “If you tope in form, and treat.” Dryden.