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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gallon \Gal"lon\, n. [OF galon, jalon, LL galo, galona, fr galum a liquid measure; cf F. jale large bowl. Cf {Gill} a measure.] A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used for the most part in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure. Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62? of Fahrenheit, and barometer at 30 inches, equal to 277.274 cubic inches. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF emperial, F. imp['e]rial, 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gallon n 1: United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters [syn: {gal}] 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters [syn: {Imperial gallon}, {congius}]
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