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A compositor. [Colloq.]

A representation of the world. [R.]

A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.

A printer. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art. -- Ty`po*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.

A branch of lithography in which impressions from printers' types are transferred to stone for reproduction. -- Ty`po*lith`o*graph"ic (#), a.

A discourse or treatise on types.

an association of the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United Typothetæ of America.

Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.] Cudworth.

A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.

Of a short form.

A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

Same as Phototypy.

An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.

Same as Prosobranchiata.

A stereotype printer.

The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.