·noun An outside seat on a diligence.
II. Imperial ·noun A luggage case on the top of a coach.
III. Imperial ·noun A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
IV. Imperial ·adj Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, ·etc.
V. Imperial ·adj Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
VI. Imperial ·noun The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin;
— so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
VII. Imperial ·noun A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
VIII. Imperial ·adj Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
IX. Imperial ·noun 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.
X. Imperial ·add. ·noun 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.