Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TYPE, n. [Fr. type; L. typus; Gr. τυπος, from the root of tap, Gr. τυπτω, to beat, strike, impress.]

1. The mark of something; an emblem; that which represents something else. Thy emblem, gracious queen, the British rose, / Type of sweet rule and gentle majesty. Prior.
2. A sign; a symbol; figure of something to come; as, Abraham's sacrifice and the paschal lamb, were types of Christ. To this word is opposed antitype. Christ, in this case, is the antitype.
3. A model or form of a letter in metal, or other hard material; used in printing.
4. In medicine, some peculiarity in the form of a disease.
5. In natural history, a general form, such as is common to the species of a genus, or the individuals of a species.
6. A stamp or mark. Shak.