IMPERIAL

Definitions

1. 1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2. 2. An outside seat on a diligence. T. Hughes.
3. 3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. Simmonds.
4. 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. 5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars. McElrath.
6. 6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.