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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Imperiall, n. [Late ME. imperial, -pereal (1476).] ‘Cloth imperial’, a kind of cloth which had figures woven in gold. —1561 Inv. Q. Mary 19.
Ane bed of grene veluot maid of the imperiall like a chapell
