topsiden.adv.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌsaɪd/

Etymology: < top n.¹ + side n.¹

A. n.

a. gen. The upper side of anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > upper surface

overpartya1387

upside1611

topside1678

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 27 This Bolt must be wrought straight on all its sides, except the Topside.

1980 Family Handyman Sept. 85/1 Did you just smear caulk over the topside crack and hope for the best?

b. Shipbuilding. The upper part of a ship's side: cf. top-timber n. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline

quick-side1627

freeboard1718

topside1815

1815 W. Burney Falconer's Dict. Marine Top and Butt, in ship-building, a general method of working the English plank (except in the topside) to make good work and conversion, which is done by disposing of the top-end of every plank, within six feet of the butt-end of the plank above or below it.

1836 F. Marryat Pirate iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 33 She is..taking it in at the top-sides.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 49 At the present day we hear only of topside planking, wales, bottom plank, and garboards.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Topside-line,..a sheer line drawn above the top timber at the upper side of the gunwale.

1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. vi. 96 The transverse frames..are continuous from topside to topside across the keel.

1903 Daily Chron. 21 Feb. 9/4 With nickel-steel top-sides and a bronze under-body, the boat will be the first composition yacht since the Defender.

c. Butchering. The outer side of a round of beef, cut from the haunch between the ‘leg’ and the ‘aitch-bone’; the bottom of this is the ‘silver-side’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts

tild1342

ox foota1398

oxtaila1425

neat's foot?c1450

beef-flick1462

sticking piece1469

ox-tonguea1475

aitch-bone1486

fore-crop?1523

sirloin1525

mouse-piece1530

ox-cheek1592

neat's tongue1600

clod1601

sticking place1601

skink1631

neck beef1640

round1660

ox-heart1677

runner1688

sticking draught1688

brisket-beef1697

griskin1699

sey1719

chuck1723

shin1736

gravy beef1747

baron of beef1755

prime rib1759

rump and dozen1778

mouse buttock1818

slifta1825

nine holes1825

spauld-piece1828

trembling-piece1833

shoulder-lyar1844

butt1845

plate1854

plate-rand1854

undercut1859

silver-side1861

bed1864

wing rib1883

roll1884

strip-loin1884

hind1892

topside1896

rib-eye1926

buttock meat1966

onglet1982

1896 Girl's Own Paper 8 Feb. 295/1 Braised beef.—A piece of ‘top-side’ is best for the purpose.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/2 In schools, where topsides and legs of mutton are the chief supply, the price would be proportionately less.

d. Billiards. = top n.¹ 20.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > motion of ball

kiss1836

spread1838

screw back1869

retrograde1896

topside1904

1904 J. P. Mannock & S. A. Mussabini Billiards Expounded I. 163 ‘Top side’ is, as its title would suggest, gained by hitting the cue-ball as high up as possible.

e. topside down, topsides under, upside down. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase]

upside downc1340

topset downe1569

up and down1591

upside downwards1611

topside down1725

(to fall) face on1856

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Miroton Let it be well clear'd from the Fat, and laid Topside-down in the Dish.

1872 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 288 Unless the world turns topsides under, some day.

f. Oil Industry. (See quot. 1948.) Now usually with reference to the equipment and installations above water in offshore drilling. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > structure or equipment above ground or water

wellhead1870

blowout preventer1916

pipe rack1948

topside1982

1948 Dial. Notes 9 60 Top side, any place above ground or ground level... Borrowed from nautical usage.

1975 Offshore Aug. 136/3 The system consists of a neutrally buoyant helmet mounted camera assembly and topside controls.

1977 Offshore Engineer Aug. 38/2 The manufacture of topside equipment.

1981 Daily Tel. 2 June 2/7 He [sc. a diver] complained of ‘poor topside management’.

1982 Sci. Amer. Apr. 35/1 In designing platforms for North American conditions one can assume extended periods of calm for fastening the platform to the sea floor and erecting the topsides.

g. (With capital initial.) The upper or ruling classes, the Establishment. Frequently attributive passing into adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun]

optimacy1579

aristocracy1651

great world1699

peerage1725

well-connected1788

governing class1795

patriciate1795

well-connected1831

caste1842

(the) salt of the earth1842

the leisured class(es1848

japonicadom1851

countyocracy1859

masterclass1861

proprietariat1872

four hundred1888

the Establishment1923

gratin1934

power élite1942

U1954

upper1955

topside1958

1958 J. B. Priestley Topside 5 Topside people.

1958 J. B. Priestley Topside 8 Topside..takes and uses power, controls all patronage, imposes whatever pattern it prefers on the life of the nation.

1959 New Statesman 10 Jan. 47/2 I make this criticism as one who, in general, agrees with Priestley. What he calls Topside, what others call the Establishment, and what others, including myself, still call the capitalist ruling-class, does indeed..behave very much as Jordan asserts.

1962 Guardian 6 Oct. 5/2 J. B. Priestley, quite an attraction even in Topside Cheltenham.

1973 Listener 7 June 742/3 Jazz in the thirties in Topside circles was synonymous with vulgarity.

h. Meteorology. The part of the ionosphere above the height at which the concentration of free electrons is greatest, viz. about 300 km. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [noun] > specific regions of > specific regions of ionosphere

Heaviside layer1911

F-region1928

D-region1930

E-region1930

sporadic E-layer1937

ledge1949

protonosphere1960

topside1962

1962 Canad. Jrnl. Physics 40 1692 The sounder is part of the ‘Alouette’ satellite.., which was launched at 0605 GMT on September 29, 1962... Several unfamiliar phenomena appear on the top-side ionograms... The top-side sounder project is an international one.

1965 Heikkila & Axford in C. O. Hines et al. Physics of Earth's Upper Atmosphere v. 114 Most recently, the technique of ‘topside sounding’ from a satellite has been accomplished.

1965 Heikkila & Axford in C. O. Hines et al. Physics of Earth's Upper Atmosphere v. 114 Better geographical coverage can be obtained now for the topside than for the bottom.

1976 Nature 19 Aug. 675/1 It may be possible to consider this process as a means of modifying the topside ionosphere by using a high power, low frequency transmitter at high latitudes.

1979 J. K. Hargreaves Upper Atmosphere iii. 39 To study the ‘topside’, an ionosonde may be carried on a satellite.

B. adv.

On the top. Also figurative. Frequently with reference to the upper deck of a ship. Also, to the top, and in form topsides. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adverb]

aloft?a1400

topside1899

up top1917

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 89 Will the big nigger sit..top-side of the carriage, or on the locomotive?

1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 2/3 Straining every nerve to keep ‘top-side’ in China.

1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 85 All the privileges attaching to those who work ‘topside’ in a ship of war.

1946 P. Carter in Aldiss & Harrison Decade 40s (1975) 115 Chief [Navigator] Schmidt..relayed data topside.

1971 H. T. Walden Anchorage Northeast i. 27 While the ferry awaited its capacity load of eight vehicles a band topsides serenaded the passengers with martial airs.

1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) ii. xix. 164 On the third level below the main deck, they met four men..fleeing topside in panic.

1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 54/3 I bring two of the sandwiches topside.

1978 Guardian Weekly 2 Apr. 24/5 A carrion crow..who, though damaged, can get top-sides of the noisy pack of gulls who winter near here.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	topside
释义	topsiden.adv. Brit. /ˈtɒpsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌsaɪd/ Etymology: < top n.¹ + side n.¹ A. n. a. gen. The upper side of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > upper surface overpartya1387 upside1611 topside1678 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 27 This Bolt must be wrought straight on all its sides, except the Topside. 1980 Family Handyman Sept. 85/1 Did you just smear caulk over the topside crack and hope for the best? b. Shipbuilding. The upper part of a ship's side: cf. top-timber n. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline quick-side1627 freeboard1718 topside1815 1815 W. Burney Falconer's Dict. Marine Top and Butt, in ship-building, a general method of working the English plank (except in the topside) to make good work and conversion, which is done by disposing of the top-end of every plank, within six feet of the butt-end of the plank above or below it. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 33 She is..taking it in at the top-sides. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 49 At the present day we hear only of topside planking, wales, bottom plank, and garboards. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Topside-line,..a sheer line drawn above the top timber at the upper side of the gunwale. 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. vi. 96 The transverse frames..are continuous from topside to topside across the keel. 1903 Daily Chron. 21 Feb. 9/4 With nickel-steel top-sides and a bronze under-body, the boat will be the first composition yacht since the Defender. c. Butchering. The outer side of a round of beef, cut from the haunch between the ‘leg’ and the ‘aitch-bone’; the bottom of this is the ‘silver-side’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts tild1342 ox foota1398 oxtaila1425 neat's foot?c1450 beef-flick1462 sticking piece1469 ox-tonguea1475 aitch-bone1486 fore-crop?1523 sirloin1525 mouse-piece1530 ox-cheek1592 neat's tongue1600 clod1601 sticking place1601 skink1631 neck beef1640 round1660 ox-heart1677 runner1688 sticking draught1688 brisket-beef1697 griskin1699 sey1719 chuck1723 shin1736 gravy beef1747 baron of beef1755 prime rib1759 rump and dozen1778 mouse buttock1818 slifta1825 nine holes1825 spauld-piece1828 trembling-piece1833 shoulder-lyar1844 butt1845 plate1854 plate-rand1854 undercut1859 silver-side1861 bed1864 wing rib1883 roll1884 strip-loin1884 hind1892 topside1896 rib-eye1926 buttock meat1966 onglet1982 1896 Girl's Own Paper 8 Feb. 295/1 Braised beef.—A piece of ‘top-side’ is best for the purpose. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/2 In schools, where topsides and legs of mutton are the chief supply, the price would be proportionately less. d. Billiards. = top n.¹ 20. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > motion of ball kiss1836 spread1838 screw back1869 retrograde1896 topside1904 1904 J. P. Mannock & S. A. Mussabini Billiards Expounded I. 163 ‘Top side’ is, as its title would suggest, gained by hitting the cue-ball as high up as possible. e. topside down, topsides under, upside down. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] upside downc1340 topset downe1569 up and down1591 upside downwards1611 topside down1725 (to fall) face on1856 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Miroton Let it be well clear'd from the Fat, and laid Topside-down in the Dish. 1872 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 288 Unless the world turns topsides under, some day. f. Oil Industry. (See quot. 1948.) Now usually with reference to the equipment and installations above water in offshore drilling. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > structure or equipment above ground or water wellhead1870 blowout preventer1916 pipe rack1948 topside1982 1948 Dial. Notes 9 60 Top side, any place above ground or ground level... Borrowed from nautical usage. 1975 Offshore Aug. 136/3 The system consists of a neutrally buoyant helmet mounted camera assembly and topside controls. 1977 Offshore Engineer Aug. 38/2 The manufacture of topside equipment. 1981 Daily Tel. 2 June 2/7 He [sc. a diver] complained of ‘poor topside management’. 1982 Sci. Amer. Apr. 35/1 In designing platforms for North American conditions one can assume extended periods of calm for fastening the platform to the sea floor and erecting the topsides. g. (With capital initial.) The upper or ruling classes, the Establishment. Frequently attributive passing into adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] optimacy1579 aristocracy1651 great world1699 peerage1725 well-connected1788 governing class1795 patriciate1795 well-connected1831 caste1842 (the) salt of the earth1842 the leisured class(es1848 japonicadom1851 countyocracy1859 masterclass1861 proprietariat1872 four hundred1888 the Establishment1923 gratin1934 power élite1942 U1954 upper1955 topside1958 1958 J. B. Priestley Topside 5 Topside people. 1958 J. B. Priestley Topside 8 Topside..takes and uses power, controls all patronage, imposes whatever pattern it prefers on the life of the nation. 1959 New Statesman 10 Jan. 47/2 I make this criticism as one who, in general, agrees with Priestley. What he calls Topside, what others call the Establishment, and what others, including myself, still call the capitalist ruling-class, does indeed..behave very much as Jordan asserts. 1962 Guardian 6 Oct. 5/2 J. B. Priestley, quite an attraction even in Topside Cheltenham. 1973 Listener 7 June 742/3 Jazz in the thirties in Topside circles was synonymous with vulgarity. h. Meteorology. The part of the ionosphere above the height at which the concentration of free electrons is greatest, viz. about 300 km. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [noun] > specific regions of > specific regions of ionosphere Heaviside layer1911 F-region1928 D-region1930 E-region1930 sporadic E-layer1937 ledge1949 protonosphere1960 topside1962 1962 Canad. Jrnl. Physics 40 1692 The sounder is part of the ‘Alouette’ satellite.., which was launched at 0605 GMT on September 29, 1962... Several unfamiliar phenomena appear on the top-side ionograms... The top-side sounder project is an international one. 1965 Heikkila & Axford in C. O. Hines et al. Physics of Earth's Upper Atmosphere v. 114 Most recently, the technique of ‘topside sounding’ from a satellite has been accomplished. 1965 Heikkila & Axford in C. O. Hines et al. Physics of Earth's Upper Atmosphere v. 114 Better geographical coverage can be obtained now for the topside than for the bottom. 1976 Nature 19 Aug. 675/1 It may be possible to consider this process as a means of modifying the topside ionosphere by using a high power, low frequency transmitter at high latitudes. 1979 J. K. Hargreaves Upper Atmosphere iii. 39 To study the ‘topside’, an ionosonde may be carried on a satellite. B. adv. On the top. Also figurative. Frequently with reference to the upper deck of a ship. Also, to the top, and in form topsides. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adverb] aloft?a1400 topside1899 up top1917 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 89 Will the big nigger sit..top-side of the carriage, or on the locomotive? 1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 2/3 Straining every nerve to keep ‘top-side’ in China. 1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 85 All the privileges attaching to those who work ‘topside’ in a ship of war. 1946 P. Carter in Aldiss & Harrison Decade 40s (1975) 115 Chief [Navigator] Schmidt..relayed data topside. 1971 H. T. Walden Anchorage Northeast i. 27 While the ferry awaited its capacity load of eight vehicles a band topsides serenaded the passengers with martial airs. 1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) ii. xix. 164 On the third level below the main deck, they met four men..fleeing topside in panic. 1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 54/3 I bring two of the sandwiches topside. 1978 Guardian Weekly 2 Apr. 24/5 A carrion crow..who, though damaged, can get top-sides of the noisy pack of gulls who winter near here. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adv.1678
随便看	trygun tryhard tryhouse tryin trying trying for trying on trying out trying paper trying stick trying-on trying-out trying-plane trying-pot trying-square tryinglier tryingliest tryingly tryingness tryingon tryingout tryingplane tryingpot tryings tryingsquare