\Top"ping\, n. (Angling)
The tail of an artificial fly.

\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.

\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.