Definition of type

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Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.

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Backed :: Backed (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed..
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Type :: Type (v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure..
Amarantaceous :: Amarantaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type..
Printing :: Printing (n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints..
Tintype :: Tintype (n.) Same as Ferrotype.
Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Mes- :: Mes- () denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..
Ligature :: Ligature (n.) A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as ae, /, /..
Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type..
Autotype :: Autotype (n.) A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
Urticaceous :: Urticaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type..
Electrotyper :: Electrotyper (n.) One who electrotypes.
Print :: Print (n.) Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type..
Stereotypic :: Stereotypery (n.) A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted..
Type :: Type (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed..
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