A large-format bottle holding 6 liters; the equivalent of eight standard 750ml bottles. The Bordelaise equivalent of Burgundy’s Methuselah.

late 14c., "having a commanding quality," from Old French imperial, emperial "imperial; princely, splendid; strong, powerful" (12c.), from Latin imperialis "of the empire or e [..]

having to do with an empire.

regular glass size for beer.

(n) a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III(n) a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach(adj) relating to or associated with an empire(adj) of or belonging to the British Imperial System [..]

A tuft of hair on the chin, all the rest of the beard and all the whiskers being shaved off. So called from the Emperor Napoleon III., who set the fashion.

Leaf type old leftover gunpowder

Leaf type large round rolled leaf, green, good quality

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A beer with Imperial in its name will be stronger than the base style.

140 - 19,600 LBS

adj. "imperial," s.v. imperial a. and sb. OED. KEY: imperial@adj

adj 3 imperial 2 imperiall 1

(adj.) Relating to the Garlean Empire.

This is the name for an old paper size that is still used for watercolour paper. It is 560 x 760mm (22” x 30”).

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