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Man-stopping bullet
Man Man, n. Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic expression] Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge; specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand when striking the human body. Such bullets are chiefly used in wars with savage tribes. Manbird Man"bird`, n. An aviator. [Colloq.]
Stopping
Stop Stop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stopping.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan. stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. Estop, Stuff, Stupe a fomentation.] 1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound. --Shak. 2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage. 3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood. 4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity. Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak. 5. (Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. 6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.] If his sentences were properly stopped. --Landor. 7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper. Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress; restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt. To stop off (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting. To stop the mouth. See under Mouth.
Stopping-out
Stopping-out Stop"ping-out`, n. A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.
Toppiece
Toppiece Top"piece`, n. A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
Topping
Topping Top"ping, n. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly.
Topping
Top Top, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.] 1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. --Derham. 2. To predominate; as, topping passions. ``Influenced by topping uneasiness.' --Locke. 3. To excel; to rise above others. But write thy, and top. --Dryden.
Topping
Topping Top"ping, a. 1. Rising above; surpassing. 2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud. The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. --South. 3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] --Johnson.
Topping
Topping Top"ping, n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top. 2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other. 3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Topping lift
Topping Top"ping, n. 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top. 2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other. 3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Toppingly
Toppingly Top"ping*ly, adv. In a topping or proud manner.
Toppingly
Toppingly Top"ping*ly, a. Same as Topping, a., 3. [Obs.] ``Topping quests.' --Tusser.
topping-out course
Top out Top out (Building) To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course).

Meaning of Toppi from wikipedia

- Sergio Toppi (11 October 1932 – 21 August 2012) was an Italian illustrator and comics author. Sergio Toppi was born in Milan, Italy. Initially enrolled...
- Giove Toppi (2 August 1888 – 21 July 1942) was an Italian cartoonist and the first to draw Mickey Mouse comics in Italy. Toppi was born in Ancona, Italy...
- Francesco Saverio Toppi (26 June 1925 – 2 April 2007) - born Vincenzo Toppi - was an Italian Capuchin who served as the Prelate of Pompei from 1990 until...
- graphic novels by authors such as Bonvi, Guido Crepax, Hugo Pratt and Sergio Toppi. Tex Willer (1948–) Il Piccolo Ranger (1958–1985) Zagor (1961–) Alan Mistero...
- aestivum (bread wheat)". Kew Gardens. Retrieved 1 October 2016. Sanità Di Toppi, L.; Castagna, A.; Andreozzi, E.; Careri, M.; Predieri, G.; Vurro, E.; Ranieri...
- 3389/fnhum.2014.00950. PMC 4244609. PMID 25505400. Risetti M, Formisano R, Toppi J, Quitadamo LR, Bianchi L, Astolfi L, et al. (2013). "On ERPs detection...
- Järnefelt 1863–1937 (The Artist's Path), Otava, 2002 ISBN 951-1-144-66-9 Marko Toppi (ed.), Eero ja Saimi Järnefeltin kirjeenvaihtoa ja päiväkirjamerkintöjä...
- Gillespie County Historical Society. 1960. Albertarelli, Rino (& Sergio Toppi). (1975) Herman Lehmann - L'indiano blanco. (Coll. I Protagonisti, 10.)...
- Balanchine's Rubies. "La Scala nomina Nicoletta Manni prima ballerina e Virna Toppi, Vittoria Valerio e Federico Fresi solisti" (in Italian). fb danzaeffebi...
- Gaetano Vitelli is an Italian cartoonist who, along with Giove Toppi and Antonio Burattini, was one of the first to make a Mickey Mouse comic strip in...