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T TABLING to TAIL TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING TENON to TIDE TIER to TOGGEL TOMPION to TOPPING TOMPION TONNAGE TOP TOP-BLOCK TOP-CHAIN TOP-LANTHORN TOP-MAST TOP-ROPE TOP-SAILS TOPPING TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT TRACTING to TREE-NAILS TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP TRIPPING to TRYING TUCK to TYE Search Contact us
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TOPPINGTOPPING, (apiquer, Fr) the act of pulling one of the extremities of a yard higher than the other, by slackening one of the lifts, and pulling upon the opposite one, so as to place the yard at a greater or lesser obliquity with the mast.
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