type

n. [ F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. ty`pos the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ty`ptein to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt. ] 1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype. [ 1913 Webster ]

A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically: (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a model or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane, CH4. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Typog.) (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. (b) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold, though some of the larger sizes are made from maple, mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the face, or part from which the impression is taken; c, the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face from t`e top; e, the groove made in the process of finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold), which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and when part of the face projects over the body, as in the letter f, the projection is called a kern. [ 1913 Webster ] The type which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, -- in all about two hundred characters. Including the various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important of the varieties are -- [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of setting type. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To write with a typewriter. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who uses such an instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]