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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.

An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born. Sir T. Palgrave.

The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. Sir J. Reynolds.

Firm; determined; fixed. "A most posed . . . and grave behavior." [Obs.] Urquhart.

uissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. "A potent dukedom." Shak. Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors. Shak.

A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

A puppet, or little baby. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. [R.] Cotgrave.

ike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.

To repel; to drive off or away. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype. They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. Burke.

rudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior. Moses established a grave and prudent law. Milton.

A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

an eddy; a ripple. Whose stream an easy breath doth seem to blow, Which on the sparkling gravel runs in purles, As though the waves had been of silver curls. Drayton.

mean; to signify; to import; - - often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. Rowe.

A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. "The gravest rabbies." Milton.

A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

A grape, or a bunch of grapes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.