Demy

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  • noun. Any of several standard sizes of paper, especially paper measuring 16 by 21 inches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The gold half-lion of 20 grains of Robert II. of Scotland, the lion itself weighing 40, or more usually 38, grains.
  • Half: used to indicate a particular size of paper. See II.
  • noun. A particular size of paper.
  • noun. A holder of one of certain scholarships in Magdalen College, Oxford. Also spelled demi.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A short close vest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy.
  • noun. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under paper.
  • noun. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A printing-paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches.
  • noun. Shortened form of demyship