Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Typing}.]
   1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
      prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).

   2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
      typify. [R.]

            Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

typing
     n : writing done with a typewriter [syn: {typewriting}]