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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
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              The last
              That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. --Shak.
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     2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one
        who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. ``The imperial
        democracy of Athens.'' --Mitford.
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              Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns
              With an imperial voice.               --Shak.
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              To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
              These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden.
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              He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line
              of battle.                            --E. Everett.
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     3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial
        paper; imperial tea, etc.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)
     Same as Drilling.
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     Imperial drill, a linen fabric having two threads in the
        warp and three in the filling.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)
     Same as Drilling.
  
     Imperial drill, a linen fabric having two threads in the
        warp and three in the filling.

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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imperial drill
     n.
     A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the
  filling.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  imperial drill
     n.
     A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the
  filling.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  imperial drill
     n.
     A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the
  filling.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  imperial drill
     n.
     A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the
  filling.

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