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单词 half-imperial
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half-imˈperialn.

1. Hist. A gold coin of Russia valued originally at 5 and afterwards at 7½ silver roubles.
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rouble1557
copeck1698
imperial1768
half-imperial1839
1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 324/1 The half-imperial of 1780, at 15s. 4d.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. x. 165 Some of the gold Russian coins called ‘half-imperials’.
1897 Daily News 16 Jan. 3/2 The ukase..orders that imperials and half-imperials shall be minted with the inscriptions ‘15 roubles’ and ‘7½ roubles’ respectively.
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2. A size of mill-board (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012).

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half-imperial
half-imperial adj. half imperial-folio size.
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1893 W. G. Collingwood Life & Work J. Ruskin I. 92 Ruskin made sketch after sketch on the half~imperial board.
1896 Daily News 23 Oct. 6/5 He generally completed a half-imperial sketch..in two hours.
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