Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Polytype"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polytype \Pol"y*type\, n. [Poly- + -type: cf. F. polytype, a.]
(Print.)
A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in
type, etc. -- {Pol"y*type}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polytype \Pol"y*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-typed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {-typing}.] (Print.)
To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polytype \Pol"y*type\, n. [Poly- + -type.] (Print.)
A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in
type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief.
By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an
intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a
similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained.
--Hansard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polytype \Pol"y*type\, a. (Print.)
Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a
polytype plate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polytype \Pol"y*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polytyped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Polytyping}.] (Print.)
To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
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