imperial : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
  British system; English system.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
  Fritillaria imperialis.
  

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• . (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.

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Crown"-im*pe"ri*al noun

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1. (Bot.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

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• noun a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
  imperial.
  

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• etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc.

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• noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
  British capacity unit.
  

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• the, the sovereign court of the old German empire.

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• under the first German empire, a city having no head but the emperor.

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• noun a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
  

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• an assembly of all the states of the German empire.

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• . (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Eagle.

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• noun largest known mammoth; of America
  imperial elephant; Archidiskidon imperator.
  

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• noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
  gallon; congius.
  

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• . See Paris green, under Green.

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• the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.

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• noun hybrid from Ipomoea nil
  Ipomoea imperialis.
  

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• noun largest known mammoth; of America
  imperial elephant; Archidiskidon imperator.
  

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• noun large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees
  Eacles imperialis.
  

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• the standards legalized by the British Parliament.

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