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Quotation dates: 1696
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Topping, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. topping (1681).] Pre-eminent. —1696 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XI 441.
Who albeit she be branded for a rampant topping witch by the concurring testimonies of all the confessants … yet … was liberat on bail