Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Polytype \Pol"y*type\, a. (Print.)
   Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a
   polytype plate.

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.