to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors for snuffing the candles: he who last pronounces that word, is obliged to get up and perform the operation.-- to be topped; to be hanged. The cove was topped for smashing queerscreens; he was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.
top diver
A lover of women. An old top diver; one who has loved old hat in his time.
top heavy
Drunk.
top lights
The eyes. Blast your top lights. See curse.
top ropes
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly.
top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to sea and left them unpaid. SCT soldiers are said to pay off their scores with the drum; that is, by marching away..

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.