Defn: Small; tiny. [Obs.]
TYPAL
Typ"al, a.
Defn: Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical. Owen.
-TYPE -type. Etym: [See Type, n.]
Defn: A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
TYPE Type, n. Etym: [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. tup to hurt.]
1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. Shak.
2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance. Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. Shak.
3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; — correlative to antitype. A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited. South.
4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically: (a) (Biol.)