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   top banana
         n 1: the leading comedian in a burlesque show
         2: the most important person in a group or undertaking [syn:
            {kingpin}, {top banana}, {bigwig}]

English Dictionary: top onion by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top onion
n
  1. type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
    Synonym(s): tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion, Allium cepa viviparum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topminnow
n
  1. small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
    Synonym(s): topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer
  2. freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
    Synonym(s): swordtail, helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toponomy
n
  1. the nomenclature of regional anatomy [syn: toponymy, toponomy]
  2. the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
    Synonym(s): toponymy, toponomy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toponym
n
  1. the name by which a geographical place is known [syn: place name, toponym]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toponymy
n
  1. the nomenclature of regional anatomy [syn: toponymy, toponomy]
  2. the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
    Synonym(s): toponymy, toponomy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tubman
n
  1. United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
    Synonym(s): Tubman, Harriet Tubman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tupinambis
n
  1. tejus
    Synonym(s): Tupinambis, genus Tupinambis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tv announcer
n
  1. an announcer on television [syn: tv announcer, television announcer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tv monitor
n
  1. monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast
    Synonym(s): television monitor, tv monitor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [d6]fnung. See {even}, n., and cf.
      {Eve}.]
      1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
            darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
            the sum.
  
                     In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
                     usher evening rose.                           --Milton.
  
      Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
               United States, the afternoon is called evening.
               --Bartlett.
  
      2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
            of strength or glory.
  
      Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun.
               [bd]Evening Prayer.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Evening flower} (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
            ({Hesperantha}) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
            sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
            expand in the evening.
  
      {Evening grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), an American singing bird
            ({Coccothraustes vespertina}) having a very large bill.
            Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
            black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
            because it sings in the evening.
  
      {Evening primrose}. See under {Primrose}.
  
      {The evening star}, the bright star of early evening in the
            western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
            the planet Venus; -- called also {Vesper} and {Hesperus}.
            During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
            also evening stars. See {Morning Star}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa
      tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit,
      hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water
      vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.]
      1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin
            cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern
            times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a
            handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and
            the like.
  
      2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
  
                     Give me a cup of sack, boy.               --Shak.
  
      3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in
            intoxicating drinks; revelry.
  
                     Thence from cups to civil broils.      --Milton.
  
      4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is
            allotted to one; a portion.
  
                     O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
                     from me.                                             --Matt. xxvi.
                                                                              39.
  
      5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of
            a flower.
  
                     The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone.
  
      6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used
            to produce the vacuum in cupping.
  
      {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on
            the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by
            a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the
            cup; bilboquet. --Milman.
  
      {Cup and can}, familiar companions.
  
      {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet
            cupping. See under {Cupping}.
  
      {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   More \More\, adv.
      1. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or
            degree.
            (a) With a verb or participle.
  
                           Admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement.
                                                                              --Milton.
            (b) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix
                  -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable;
                  more active; more sweetly.
  
                           Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon.
  
      Note: Double comparatives were common among writers of the
               Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more
               brighter; more dearer.
  
                        The duke of Milan And his more braver daughter.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. In addition; further; besides; again.
  
                     Yet once more, Oye laurels, and once more, Ye
                     myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck
                     your berries harsh and crude.            --Milton.
  
      {More and more}, with continual increase. [bd]Amon trespassed
            more and more.[b8] --2 Chron. xxxiii. 23.
  
      {The more}, to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a
            reason already specified.
  
      {The more -- the more}, by how much more -- by so much more.
            [bd]The more he praised in himself, the more he seems to
            suspect that in very deed it was not in him.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {To be no more}, to have ceased to be; as, Cassius is no
            more; Troy is no more.
  
                     Those oracles which set the world in flames, Nor
                     ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See {Hap} to happen.]
      1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
            to fall out.
  
                     There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. To take place; to occur.
  
                     All these things which had happened.   --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              14.
  
      {To happen on}, to meet with; to fall or light upon. [bd]I
            have happened on some other accounts.[b8] --Graunt.
  
      {To happen in}, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See {Hap} to happen.]
      1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
            to fall out.
  
                     There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. To take place; to occur.
  
                     All these things which had happened.   --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              14.
  
      {To happen on}, to meet with; to fall or light upon. [bd]I
            have happened on some other accounts.[b8] --Graunt.
  
      {To happen in}, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Have \Have\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has};
      we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf.
      h[91]fde, p. p. geh[91]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,
      OFries, hebba, OHG. hab[?]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva,
      Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F.
      avoir. Cf. {Able}, {Avoirdupois}, {Binnacle}, {Habit}.]
      1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a
            farm.
  
      2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected
            with, or affects, one.
  
                     The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak.
  
                     He had a fever late.                           --Keats.
  
      3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
  
                     Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou
                     have me?                                             --Shak.
  
      4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak.
  
      5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire;
            to require.
  
                     It had the church accurately described to me. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
                     Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld.
                                                                              Lytton.
  
      6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
  
      7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
  
                     Of them shall I be had in honor.         --2 Sam. vi.
                                                                              22.
  
      8. To cause or force to go; to take. [bd]The stars have us to
            bed.[b8] --Herbert. [bd]Have out all men from me.[b8] --2
            Sam. xiii. 9.
  
      9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used
            reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to
            have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to
            aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a
            companion. --Shak.
  
      10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled;
            followed by an infinitive.
  
                     Science has, and will long have, to be a divider
                     and a separatist.                              --M. Arnold.
  
                     The laws of philology have to be established by
                     external comparison and induction.   --Earle.
  
      11. To understand.
  
                     You have me, have you not?               --Shak.
  
      12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of;
            as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
  
      Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past
               participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I
               shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the
               participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the
               possession of the object in the state indicated by the
               participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold
               him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost
               this independent significance, and is used with the
               participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs
               as a device for expressing past time. Had is used,
               especially in poetry, for would have or should have.
  
                        Myself for such a face had boldly died.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      {To have a care}, to take care; to be on one's guard.
  
      {To have (a man) out}, to engage (one) in a duel.
  
      {To have done} (with). See under Do, v. i.
  
      {To have it out}, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a
            conclusion.
  
      {To have on}, to wear.
  
      {To have to do with}. See under Do, v. t.
  
      Syn: To possess; to own. See {Possess}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mind \Mind\, n. [AS. mynd, gemynd; akin to OHG. minna memory,
      love, G. minne love, Dan. minde mind, memory, remembrance,
      consent, vote, Sw. minne memory, Icel. minni, Goth. gamunds,
      L. mens, mentis, mind, Gr. [?], Skr. manas mind, man to
      think. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]. Cf. {Comment}, {Man}, {Mean},
      v., 3d {Mental}, {Mignonette}, {Minion}, {Mnemonic},
      {Money}.]
      1. The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the
            understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives,
            judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the
            soul; -- often in distinction from the body.
  
                     By the mind of man we understand that in him which
                     thinks, remembers, reasons, wills.      --Reid.
  
                     What we mean by mind is simply that which perceives,
                     thinks, feels, wills, and desires.      --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
                     Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
                                                                              --Rom. xiv. 5.
  
                     The mind shall banquet, though the body pine.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The state, at any given time, of the faculties of
            thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical
            activity or state; as:
            (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.
  
                           A fool uttereth all his mind.      --Prov. xxix.
                                                                              11.
  
                           Being so hard to me that brought your mind, I
                           fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling her
                           mind.                                          --Shak.
            (b) Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.
  
                           If it be your minds, then let none go forth. --2
                                                                              Kings ix. 15.
            (c) Courage; spirit. --Chapman.
  
      3. Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in
            mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
  
      {To have a mind} [or] {great mind}, to be inclined or
            strongly inclined in purpose; -- used with an infinitive.
            [bd]Sir Roger de Coverly . . . told me that he had a great
            mind to see the new tragedy with me.[b8] --Addison.
  
      {To lose one's mind}, to become insane, or imbecile.
  
      {To make up one's mind}, to come to an opinion or decision;
            to determine.
  
      {To put in mind}, to remind. [bd]Regard us simply as putting
            you in mind of what you already know to be good
            policy.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,
      OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.
      to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]
      1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in
            man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other
            animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.
  
      2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the
            office of, a human hand; as:
            (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or
                  any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
            (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute
                  hand of a clock.
  
      3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a
            palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  
      4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  
                     On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxviii. 15.
  
                     The Protestants were then on the winning hand.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;
            dexterity.
  
                     He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,
            manner of performance.
  
                     To change the hand in carrying on the war.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
                     Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my
                     hand.                                                --Judges vi.
                                                                              36.
  
      7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or
            competent for special service or duty; a performer more or
            less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand
            at speaking.
  
                     A dictionary containing a natural history requires
                     too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be
                     hoped for.                                          --Locke.
  
                     I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or
            running hand. Hence, a signature.
  
                     I say she never did invent this letter; This is a
                     man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.
  
                     Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.
  
      9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;
            management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in
            hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.
  
                     Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the
                     goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.
  
      10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to
            buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when
            new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the
            producer's hand, or when not new.
  
      11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear
            hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:
            (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the
                  dealer.
            (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied
                  together.
  
      13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,
            which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  
      Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts
               or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the
               hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a
               symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:
            (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the
                  head, which implies thought, and the heart, which
                  implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every
                  man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.
            (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.
                  [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over
                  you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.
            (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to
                  give the right hand.
            (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the
                  hand; to pledge the hand.
  
      Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or
               without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;
               as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:
               used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or
               handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or
               hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand
               loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or
               hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the
               hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or
               hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following
               paragraph are written either as two words or in
               combination.
  
      {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,
            papers, parcels, etc.
  
      {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.
  
      {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.
            --Bacon.
  
      {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.
  
      {Hand car}. See under {Car}.
  
      {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a
            good position of the hands and arms when playing on the
            piano; a hand guide.
  
      {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.
  
      {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.
  
      {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,
            or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,
            may be operated by hand.
  
      {Hand glass}.
            (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of
                  plants.
            (b) A small mirror with a handle.
  
      {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).
  
      {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as
            practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.
  
      {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.
  
      {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest
            money.
  
      {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank
            turned by hand.
  
      {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand
            rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.
  
      {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.
  
      {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or
            weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.
  
      {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.
            9.
  
      {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or
            canceling papers, envelopes, etc.
  
      {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico
            ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose
            stamens unite in the form of a hand.
  
      {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small
            work. --Moxon.
  
      {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as
            distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.
  
      {All hands}, everybody; all parties.
  
      {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every
            direction; generally.
  
      {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;
            on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no
            hand consisting with the safety and interests of
            humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).
  
      {At hand}.
            (a) Near in time or place; either present and within
                  reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at
                  hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at
                  hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we
            receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive
            evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.
  
      {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.
  
      {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from
            instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed
            a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.
  
      {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of
            dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He
            that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]
            --Job xvii. 9.
  
      {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.
  
      {Hand in hand}.
            (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.
            (b) Just; fair; equitable.
  
                           As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand
                           comparison.                                 --Shak.
                 
  
      {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands
            alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand
            over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand
            over hand.
  
      {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what
            one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand
            running.
  
      {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!
           
  
      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to
            hand contest. --Dryden.
  
      {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.
  
      {In hand}.
            (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .
                  . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.
            (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .
                  . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.
            (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;
                  as, he has the business in hand.
  
      {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.
            (a) In one's possession or keeping.
            (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my
                  hand.
  
      {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,
            in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.
  
      {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.
  
      {Note of hand}, a promissory note.
  
      {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,
            hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them
            to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.
  
      {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of
            goods on hand.
  
      {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.
  
      {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish
            ceremony used in swearing.
  
      {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.
  
      {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.
  
      {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.
  
      {To bear a hand}
            (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.
  
      {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false
            pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under
            {Glove}.
  
      {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.
           
  
      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling
            it.
  
      {To change hand}. See {Change}.
  
      {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.
            --Hudibras.
  
      {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by
            striking the palms of the hands together.
  
      {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into
            possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.
  
      {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]
  
                     Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.
                                                                              --Baxter.
  
      {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain
            work; to become accustomed to a particular business.
  
      {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or
            concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.
  
      {To have in hand}.
            (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.
            (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.
  
      {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can
            do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed
            with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with
            difficulties.
  
      {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or
            get, the better of another person or thing.
  
      {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already
            prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even
            conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.
  
      {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.
  
      {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;
            to oppose; to kill.
  
      {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other
            necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.
           
  
      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.
  
      {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.
  
      {To put the}
  
      {last, [or] finishing},
  
      {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to
            perfect.
  
      {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.
  
                     That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that
                     thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.
                                                                              20.
  
      {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.
  
      {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety
            for another's debt or good behavior.
  
      {To take in hand}.
            (a) To attempt or undertake.
            (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.
  
      {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,
            or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash
            one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.
  
      {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or
            signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and
            seal of the owner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.]
      1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
            to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering
            from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;
            to open a letter.
  
                     And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.
                                                                              --Whittier.
  
      2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
  
      3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
  
                     The king opened himself to some of his council, that
                     he was sorry for the earl's death.      --Bacon.
  
                     Unto thee have I opened my cause.      --Jer. xx. 12.
  
                     While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              32.
  
      4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or
            accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
  
                     The English did adventure far for to open the North
                     parts of America.                              --Abp. Abbot.
  
      5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
            fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to
            open a case in court, or a meeting.
  
      6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton
            by separating the fibers.
  
      {To open one's mouth}, {to speak}.
  
      {To open up}, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.
  
                     Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views
                     into the character and condition of our [bd]bold
                     peasantry, their country's pride.[b8] --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pain \Pain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Paining}.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See
      {Pain}, n.]
      1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.]
            --Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).
  
      2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with
            uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment;
            to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his
            stomach pained him.
  
                     Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. --Locke
            .
  
      3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to
            grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
  
                     I am pained at my very heart.            --Jer. iv. 19.
  
      {To pain one's self}, to exert or trouble one's self; to take
            pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] [bd]She pained her to do
            all that she might.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve;
               distress; agonize; torment; torture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coin \Coin\ (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge,
      stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone,
      hone. See {Hone}, n., and cf. {Coigne}, {Quoin},
      {Cuneiform}.]
      1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See
            {Coigne}, and {Quoin}.
  
      2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped
            by government authority, making it legally current as
            money; -- much used in a collective sense.
  
                     It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the
                     current coin of the realm.                  --Hallam.
  
      3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
  
                     The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is
                     repaid in a nobler coin.                     --Hammond.
  
      {Coin balance}. See Illust. of {Balance}.
  
      {To pay one in his own coin}, to return to one the same kind
            of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him.
            [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.]
      To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
      garment; to pin boards together. [bd]As if she would pin her
      to her heart.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Top \Top\, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top,
      OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair,
      pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest,
      top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin.
      Cf. {Tuft}.]
      1. The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or
            extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex;
            vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a
            house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
  
                     The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of
                     heaven doth hold.                              --Milton.
  
      2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  
                     The top of my ambition is to contribute to that
                     work.                                                --Pope.
  
      3. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost
            attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or
            at the top of the school.
  
                     And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of
                     sovereignty.                                       --Shak.
  
      4. The chief person; the most prominent one.
  
                     Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
            [bd]From top to toe[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall On her
                     ungrateful top !                                 --Shak.
  
      6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
  
                     The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as
                     cabbageheads.                                    --I. Watts.
  
      7. (Naut.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast
            and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the
            topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also
            furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
            --Totten.
  
      8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool,
            from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  
      9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] [bd]He was upon the top of his
            marriage with Magdaleine.[b8] --Knolles.
  
      10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or
            circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
            --Knight.
  
      11. pl. Top-boots. [Slang] --Dickens.
  
      Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of
               compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone,
               or topstone; top-boots, or top boots; top soil, or
               top-soil.
  
      {Top and but} (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a
            method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but
            of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant
            breadth in two layers.
  
      {Top minnow} (Zo[94]l.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish
            ({Gambusia patruelis}) abundant in the Southern United
            States. Also applied to other similar species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Topman \Top"man\, n.; pl. {Topmem}.
      1. See {Topsman}, 2.
  
      2. (Naut.) A man stationed in the top.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Topman \Top"man\, n.; pl. {Topmem}.
      1. See {Topsman}, 2.
  
      2. (Naut.) A man stationed in the top.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponomy \To*pon"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?] place + [?] to distribute.]
      The designation of position and direction. --B. G. Wilder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponym \Top"o*nym\, n.
      A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial
      name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or
      based on the location of the thing named.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponymy \To*pon"y*my\, n.
      A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- {To*pon"y*mal},
      {Top`o*nym"ic}, {Top`o*nym"ic*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponymy \To*pon"y*my\, n.
      A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- {To*pon"y*mal},
      {Top`o*nym"ic}, {Top`o*nym"ic*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponymy \To*pon"y*my\, n.
      A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- {To*pon"y*mal},
      {Top`o*nym"ic}, {Top`o*nym"ic*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toponymy \To*pon"y*my\, n.
      A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- {To*pon"y*mal},
      {Top`o*nym"ic}, {Top`o*nym"ic*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tubman \Tub"man\, n.; pl. {Tubmen}. (Eng. Law)
      One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of
      Exchequer. Cf. {Postman}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tubman \Tub"man\, n.; pl. {Tubmen}. (Eng. Law)
      One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of
      Exchequer. Cf. {Postman}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tupman \Tup"man\, n.; pl. {Tupmen}.
      A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tupman \Tup"man\, n.; pl. {Tupmen}.
      A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Typhomania \Ty`pho*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Typhus}, and {Mania}.]
      (Med.)
      A low delirium common in typhus fever.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tupman, CA
      Zip code(s): 93276

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   tape monkey n.   A junior system administrator, one who might
   plausibly be assigned to do physical swapping of tapes and
   subsequent storage.   When a backup needs to be restored, one might
   holler "Tape monkey!" (Compare {one-banana problem})   Also used to
   dismiss jobs not worthy of a highly trained sysadmin's ineffable
   talents: "Cable up her PC? You must be joking - I'm no tape monkey."
  
  
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