The uppermost or outermost part; a person who or thing which is uppermost. Cf. overest, n.

The uppermost part or region. Obsolete.

? A crest, tuft: cf. topping, n.1 2a.

The highest part or portion. Obsolete.

transferred (from A. 1 A. 2) The most elevated (literal or figurative) part or member of anything; see quots., and also top and topgallant at top, n.1…

absol. or as n.

Chiefly Architecture. Moulding used as a crowning decoration. Also: the uppermost horizontal member of a building or other structure. Obsolete.

A distinct or separable part forming the top, end, or front of something. Now rare in general sense.

figurative. The towering summits of the mountains, the roof of the heavens.

A structure or part that forms the crown of something.

A piece that forms the crown or top of something.

The action of surmount, v.; also, something that surmounts.

A ridge or crest; spec. in various anatomical and zoological senses.

something that surmounts, something placed on the top.