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top-dress 
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| to manure (land) on the surface. |
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Top-dressing
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| top-dress (tŏp'drěs')
tr.v. top-dressed, top-dress·ing, top-dress·es
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Population (1990): 331 (150 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Broad Top, PA Zip code(s): 16621
Flat Top, WV Zip code(s): 25841
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Round Top, NY Zip code(s): 12473
Round Top, TX (town, FIPS 63524) Location: 30.06441 N, 96.69567 W
Population (1990): 81 (61 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78954
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Top-dressing
Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils. Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. Dressing table, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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