Demy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several standard sizes of paper, especially paper measuring 16 by 21 inches.
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  • n. A printing-paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches.
  • n. Shortened form of demyship
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under paper.
  • n. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Half: used to indicate a particular size of paper. See II.
  • n. A particular size of paper.
  • n. A holder of one of certain scholarships in Magdalen College, Oxford. Also spelled demi.
  • n. A Scotch gold coin issued by James I. in 1433, and worth at that time 3s. 4d. English. Obverse type, arms in a lozenge; reverse, cross in tressure.
  • n. A short close vest.
  • n. The gold half-lion of 20 grains of Robert II. of Scotland, the lion itself weighing 40, or more usually 38, grains.
    • Word Usage
    "He was elected "demy" (at Magdalen, scholars bear this name) the first year (1689) after the Revolution, when the fellows of"
    Variant
    paper    demi   
    Form
    music demy    double demy    quad demy   
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