单词 | in types |
释义 | > as lemmasin types a. A small rectangular block, usually of metal or wood, having on its upper end a raised letter, figure, or other character, for use in printing. in types, in type (see 9b). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > a type letter1563 type1713 printing type1728 Della Robbia1917 1713 tr. J. de La Caille Hist. Art of Printing 54 Christopher Plantin..printed..that fine Bible..whose Types were casten and made at Paris. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing The Printing Letters, Characters, or Types as they are sometimes call'd. 1751 G. Berkeley Let. 30 Mar. in Wks. (1871) IV. 327 They are going to print..two editions..of Plato's works, in most magnificent types. 1799 Monthly Rev. 30 290 A method of printing maps and charts of any size by means of moveable types. 1829 T. B. Macaulay Westm. Reviewer's Def. Mill (ad fin.) The preceding article was written, and was actually in types, when [etc.]. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 138 The types which once had the die of thought struck fresh upon them. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. ii. 102 Musical types had..been invented by an Italian. < as lemmas |
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