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.
Im*pe"ri*al (?), a. [OE.
emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
Im*pe"ri*al, n. [F.
impériale: 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
drawing, 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.
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.
