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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Type, Tipe, n. [e.m.E. type (1559), tipe (1572), F. type, L. typus.] A symbol or representation (of something). b. Type for use in printing. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 587.
Suppose this be ane fabill, And ouerheillit wyth typis figurall 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 129.
The farther that it was fra His incarnation, the evangell was ay the mair obscurely preached under dark types and shadow a1652 Dickson Psalms II 67.
[King David] prophesieth not simply of the stability of the kingdom in his own person and posterity, but under the type namely he speaketh of the perpetuity of the kingdome of Christ, the true king of Israel 1692 Pitcairne Assembly (1722) 75.
That's the spawn of a nobleman; a true tipe of the body politick. You see how … these excrescences represent the Kirk [etc.] —b. 1687 Kirkwood in T. Birch Life of Boyle 415.
Mr. Kirk … hath drawn up an Irish vocabulary … which makes him desirous of a small but competent number of Irish types with the contractions for which he will send money 1687 Misc. Bann. C. II 295.
The materiellis belonging to the printing hous … consisting of paper, types, presses, cuttis, and vtheris 1703 Acts XI 85/2.
Italick types whereof there are very few in this kingdom
