Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Top \Top\, v. t.
   1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in
      the past participle.

            Like moving mountains topped with snow. --Waller.

            A mount Of alabaster, topped with golden spires.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.

            Topping all others in boasting.       --Shak.

            Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. --Shak.

   3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.

            But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.
                                                  --Denham.

   4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.

            Top your rose trees a little with your knife.
                                                  --Evelyn.

   5. To perform eminently, or better than before.

            From endeavoring universally to top their parts,
            they will go universally beyond them. --Jeffrey.

   6. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
      becomes higher than the other.

   {To top off}, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the
      top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay;
      hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.