Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imperial"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n.
A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details,
and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations
of cards which score in this game.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.
imp['e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,
sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an
imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.
--Shak.

2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one
who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. ``The imperial
democracy of Athens.'' --Mitford.

Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an
imperial voice. --Shak.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These
are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden.

He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line
of battle. --E. Everett.

3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial
paper; imperial tea, etc.

{Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},
etc.

{Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old
German empire.

{Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having
no head but the emperor.

{Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German
empire.

{Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.

{Imperial eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eagle}.

{Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.

{Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.


{Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by
the British Parliament.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n. [F. imp['e]riale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so
called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

2. An outside seat on a diligence. --T. Hughes.

3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. --Simmonds.

4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large
decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of
drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight
dollars. --McElrath.

6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or
other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

imperial
adj 1: relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony";
"the imperial gallon was standardized legally
throughout the British Empire"
2: befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial
palace"
3: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
"treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a
stag's head" [syn: {majestic}, {purple}, {regal}, {royal}]
n 1: a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: {Imperial
beard}]
2: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach


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